This assignment is from when our instructor lectured in class a couple of days about the history of the English language in the form of a timeline. When we were done we had to take the information and write a paper on 3 of the people that influenced our language. There are many men throughout history who have shaped and broadened the English language. These were all men determined to spread English so their fellow people …showed first 75 words of 338 total…

…showed last 75 words of 338 total…him 2 stories on a journey to the town of Canterbury and back. The book was the first story written about "original people." Through the story, he helped popularize the English language much. To come to a conclusion, English has gone through many great individuals to get here today. Some of these individuals are King Alfred the Great, William Shakespeare, and Geoffrey. Without these men, English may not be the spoken language of the United States.