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因为诺曼征服,英语中来自Old French的词远远多于来自Old English的。翻翻Longman DOCE或者American Heritage Dictionary就知道啦~

Sun Tzu's essays on 'The Art of War' form the earliest of known treatises on the subject.

去掉来自法语的词就是

Sun Tzu's xxxxxx on 'The xxx of xxx' xxxx the earliest of known xxxxxxxxx on the xxxxxxx.

How English would look without non-Germanic words

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/2812221

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