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> [ At all periods of the \[English\] language it is difficult to assign a beginning date to most new words and meanings. They tend to slip into the language silently, and are placed in date order only when scholars subsequently get… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/at-all-periods-of-the-english-language-it-is-difficult-to-assign-a/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

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