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Middle English is an exciting field – almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention on to any little corner of it, the received notions and ideas seem to crumple up and fall to pieces – as far as language goes, at any rate.
J. R. R. Tolkien‚Good English‘ is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
C. S. Lewis