According to Henry Sweet’s characterization of English language periods, what distinguished Old English from Middle English and Modern English?

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Old English had no grammatical markers, Middle English developed complex inflections, and Modern English simplified them.

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Old English borrowed heavily from French, Middle English from Latin, and Modern English from Germanic languages.

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Old English was the period of full endings, while Middle English had leveled endings and Modern English has no endings.

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Old English was primarily analytical, Middle English was transitional, and Modern English became fully synthetic.

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