RE: Wanted: Opinions on a grammar book

["Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>]

> how many more words do we commonly use in English that derive
primarily 
> from German(ic) roots?

One of the most often used words in our profession, 'help' for a start
:)

Others that we in particular see a lot of include:

Back
Begin
End
First
Follow
Help
New
Old
Other
See

In fact, quite a lot of our most commonly-used words are of Germanic
origin.  It's rather interestingly the case that where there are
Germanic-derived and Latinate-derived words that mean the same thing,
using the Latinate version is seen as more 'educated'.

Gosh, it's amazing what you can learn from Google :)

S.
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