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Excerpt from The English Language in Modern Times, Since 1400 In presenting the second edition Of this textbook I should like to express my thanks for \the corrections and suggestions that have come to me by way Of reviews and private correspondence. Basic errors, both typographical and factual, have I trust been properly dealt with. How ever, it has not been possible to deal with or even include reference to many of the individual problems and special studies mentioned by the review ers. All Of them are no doubt valuable and significant. But in the first place, I do not here have at my disposal the material-s essential for a dis cussion Of some Of the topics proposed (for instance, Canadian or_austral ian English, interesting as these are). In the second place, I have tried to keep in mind the needs of undergraduate students at a Polish uni versity, most of whom are specializing in literary, not linguistic research. They require philological aid primarily for the. Better understanding of hterary texts included on their reading lists. Even for linguists prop er I have done little more than indicate the general trends and the major studies which would guide them towards further investigation. Special articles are cited by'way Of example or because they give useful bibliography; there is no pretense to' exhaustiveness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.