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Early modern English is a name for the modern English language the way it was used between around 1485 and 1650. Thus, the first edition of the King James Bible and works of William Shakespeare are both in early modern English (though the King James Bible intentionally keeps some anachronisms that were not common even when it was written). Current speakers of English are generally able to understand early modern English, though occasionally with small difficulties due to grammar changes, changes in the meanings of some words, and spelling differences.

Early modern English, as with most European languages, had T-V distinction. That is, there were two versions of the word "you": "you" (formal) and "Thou/thee" (informal). It became customary to address God in the "thou/thee" form, and when thou/thee was abandoned by most English speakers, the fact that many addresses to God were presented in "thou/thee" form made them think that thou/thee were old formal terms (though the reverse is true).

In Early Modern English, some conjugations are different from present use. For example, Early Modern English "hath" would be translated today as "has."

See Modern English for more information on English as it used from 1650-present.

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