Ways of Expressing Future Actions. Diachronic and Synchronic Analysis

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In the beginning of the movie Will is just a peasant, squire but by the end of the movie, upon finding his newfound talent of jousting, he transformed is his social status from peasant to royalty by becoming a knight.

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Back when Old English was used, the word “bequeath” appeared circa 1000 thanks to Ælfric of Eynsham, spelling it as “bigcwidas.” At this time, the word meant “byword, proverb” (OED, s.n. bequeath, 1) to the people back then. However, this would be the first and last time the word was used until the late 11th century, where the word varied in spelling by Middle English-speaking citizens. From then on, “bequeath” was a word that meant “bequest, testament, will” (OED, s.v. bequeath, 2. a). From Old English to Middle English, the change made orthographically was mainly the spelling, as Old English used an “I” while Middle English used “e.” From Middle English to Modern English, however, nothing has changed

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Referring back to the fact that the Old English Alphabet were based on the Roman alphabet and later became its own, it contains a lot of runic inscriptions (2014:8). In the Old English extract letters like “þ”, “æ”, “Д and “ð” differ from Modern English, but there are familiar letters like a, b, c and d that we still use to form words today. The letters that differ have Modern English counter parts. For example, the letter “þ” has the same sound as “th”, in verse 5 the word “þus” appear and is therefore the same as “thus” in Modern English. There are also sound differences in some of the vowels and consonants between Old English and Modern English, for instance the letter “y” in the word “ys”, in verse 5 from the extract, sounds “uu” from the Afrikaans “vuur” and in this case, it’s Modern English version is

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One of the most important facets for a successful business in the twenty-first century is how it communicates with their customers, partners, suppliers and governments from different countries and cultures from around the world. For a business to operate with any modicum of success in Japan, you must possess a basic understand of how their society functions. As a result of learning about the geography, climate, history, religion, cultural rituals, politics, education system, and the role of the family; it will allow a business or business person the insight needed to understand how society functions and the method in which business is conducted.

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Talking about a future event. ‘The present simple is used for ‘timetabled’ future events’ .

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* Day Certain: that which must necessarily come although it may not be known when