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English is the only latin based language

posted 5 years ago by halomaniac88 (1736)
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where the Adjective goes before the noun.Why is that?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Well ackchually... English is germanic language.

[–] nyctc7 (43611) 5 years ago

Zing! While we borrow some from Latin, English is in the Germanic family of languages, not Latin (Romance)!

[–] halomaniac88 (1736) 5 years ago

English is a hard language to catagorize, it isnt full GERMANIC either, a mixture really.

[–] nyctc7 (43611) 5 years ago

Yes, we don't pile up verbs at the end of a sentence.

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