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[Hater Depot]

It's pretty amazing the rapidity with which a language can change. Try having a go at these versions of the Lord's Prayer.

c. 1600: Our Father which are in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

c. 1400: Oure fadir that art in heuenes halowid be thi name, thy kyngdom come to, be thi wille don in erthe es in heuene, yeue to us this day oure bread ouir other substance, & foryeue to us oure dettis, as we forgeuen to oure dettoris, & lede us no into temptacion: but delyuer us from yuel, amen.

c. 1000: Faeder ure thu the eart on heofounum, su thin nama gehalgod. Tobecume thin rice. Gewurthe in willa on eorthan swa swa on heofonum. Urne gedaeghwamlican hlaf syle us to daeg. And forgyf us ure gyltas, swa swa we forgyfathe urum gyltedum. And ne gelaed thu us on contnugen ac alys us of yfele. Sothlice.

This sort of thing happens in any random language you care to choose. Innovation is no more the 'essence' of English than it is of Urdu, Swahili or anything else. It can be made over rather extensively in just a single generation, which is precisely how creolized languages come into being.

[tomato]

Why "however" but not "but"?
Why "moreover" but not "and"?
Why "therefore" but not "so"?

[EFLtrainer]

Just so? Just so!!