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The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare "Shakespeare invented many words we still use today - such as amazement, lonely, and misplaced." Other sources cite still more, and the Oxford English Dictionary seems to support this judgment for many such words (including amazement, lonely, and misplaced, in at least some of their definitions). The New York Times (Dec. 26, 2004) echoed this view, though noted some uncertainty. The First Folio of Shakespeare, edited by Doug Moston and published in 1995, likewise reports that Shakespeare "actually invented over 1700 words which appear for the first time in his writing," including "accommodation, premeditation, assassination, submerged, exposure, frugal, generous, hurry, impartial, lonely, castigate, control, majestic, pious, sanctimonious, and obscene."
Shakespeare spoke a Warwickshire dialect of Early Modern English, which was somewhat different from the London dialect. Early Modern English itself comprises a number of dialects of Modern English which were prevalent at that time.
The bottom line--Shakespeare spoke and wrote in Modern English, same as you and me.
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What historian did Shakespeare use to write Julius C Caesar?
Plutarch
What historian did shakespeare use to write Julius Caesar?
Shakespeare's play is based on Plutarch's Lives of the Greeks and Romans, which Shakespeare almost certainly took at school.
What was William Shakespeare favorite word?
We have no idea what Shakespeare's favourite anything was. He didn't write down such things. The words that Shakespeare used the most were words like "the", "am", "he" and so on, because those are the words anyone uses the most when speaking or writing in English, not because they are favourites.
What did Shakespeare use to write his plays down?
Not Old English, which is a totally different language that neither you nor Shakespeare could comprehend. Nor even Middle English, which Chaucer wrote in, and which you and Shakespeare could understand if it were written, but neither could understand when spoken. No, Shakespeare wrote exclusively in Modern English. You could understand Shakespeare if he spoke to you, although you might think his accent made him sound a bit like a pirate. (The particular dialect of English he used is called Early Modern English)
What beat did shakespeare use to write his plays?
Mainly iambic pentameter. Please see the link.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word the?
Shakespeare wrote in English. "The" means exactly the same when he used it as it does when you use it.
What did William shakespeare use to write with in his firs school?
l
What historian did Shakespeare use to write Julius C Caesar?
Plutarch
What historian did shakespeare use to write Julius Caesar?
Shakespeare's play is based on Plutarch's Lives of the Greeks and Romans, which Shakespeare almost certainly took at school.
What books did shakespeare use as a reference to write his plays?
he used samalayuca books
What did William Shakespeare use to write with at school?
A quill pen. That's what they used then.
What was William Shakespeare favorite word?
We have no idea what Shakespeare's favourite anything was. He didn't write down such things. The words that Shakespeare used the most were words like "the", "am", "he" and so on, because those are the words anyone uses the most when speaking or writing in English, not because they are favourites.
How many old English words did shakespeare use?
None. Shakespeare did not speak Old English. He spoke and wrote in Modern English, and although some Modern English words come from Old English roots, he probably would not recognize them in that form.
What did Shakespeare use to write his plays down?
Not Old English, which is a totally different language that neither you nor Shakespeare could comprehend. Nor even Middle English, which Chaucer wrote in, and which you and Shakespeare could understand if it were written, but neither could understand when spoken. No, Shakespeare wrote exclusively in Modern English. You could understand Shakespeare if he spoke to you, although you might think his accent made him sound a bit like a pirate. (The particular dialect of English he used is called Early Modern English)
What reference work did shakespeare use to write his plays?
His favourite source was Holinshed's Chronicles.
Which language did shakespeare use in Macbeth play?
The play Macbeth is written entirely in English.
Varieties of language styles used by Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
The Mechanicals use a rough prosaic English. The lovers use a refined level of English, and the Fairies use a highly poeticized English.
