Complex sentence: During the 14th century in Geoffrey Chaucer's time, the' e'that appears at the end of his English spelling' gyterne'would have been pronounced-but, following the great vowel shift-Playford's gittern has lost the'e' altogether.
Split into simpler sentences: During the 14th century in Geoffrey Chaucer's time, the' e'that appears at the end of his English spelling' gyterne'would have been pronounced. But following the great vowel shift-Playford's gittern has lost the'e' altogether.