Jan 13 • 6M

Intelligence = Understanding

Why is some older literature so hard to read? Language change.

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John McWhorter
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American author Henry James.

Turn to any page in the Henry James novel The Ambassadors — any random page at all — and you will find evidence of the English language having evolved. John explains.

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