True, English developed from the languages of Germanic tribes., French became the language of authority and high society after the Norman invasion., Many English words used to have several different spellings., Some silent letters in English were pronounced in the past., “Tough,” “through,” and “dough” have the same vowel sound., False, Old English was originally written using only the French alphabet., English spelling was already standardized before the printing press arrived., The letters “gh” are always pronounced as /f/., The Great Vowel Shift changed the spelling of every English word., 1. French and Latin both influenced English.

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