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English and its history All trough history, people from many different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain. The English language is made up of grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain. That is why English has so many difficult rules that confuse people. Old English Old English is very different from the English we speak nowadays. In fact, we would not be th spoke a language called Celtic .Then two Germanic groups from the European mainland — the Angles and the Saxons—occupied Britain. Old English consist of a mixture of their languages. Both the English langua