What happened to the dual number in personal pronouns during the transition from Old English to Middle and Modern English?

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OE dual forms merged with plural forms in Late OE, creating no distinction between dual and plural in any subsequent period.

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The dual number expanded in Middle English to include first and third person forms before disappearing entirely in Early Modern English.

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The dual number was reinterpreted as a formal/polite distinction and evolved into the you/thou distinction of Early Modern English.

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OE preserved remnants of the dual number in the second person (wit, git, unc), but these forms disappeared during the Middle English period, leaving only singular and plural distinctions.

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