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When Shakespeare committed word crimes

01 22 15

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  1. macjam47 said:
    01/23/2015 at 8:57 am

    I am always curious about the origin of words and phrases. I didn’t realize any of these came from Shakespeare. Thanks for posting.

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  2. bamauthor said:
    01/22/2015 at 10:58 pm

    He did so much to shape modern English.

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  4. Marilyn Armstrong said:
    01/22/2015 at 9:18 pm

    Very cool. I did not know this.

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  5. James Osborne said:
    01/22/2015 at 8:44 pm

    No wonder we still consider him brilliant . . . he was! Thanks for the evidence, and the reminder. Great stuff.

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