听写练习__American_and_British_English.docVIP

American and British English Language experts say that spoken English was almost the same in the American colonies and Britain. Americans began to change the sound of their speech after the Revolutionary War in 1776. They wanted to separate themselves from the British in language as they had separated themselves from the British government.Webster published The American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. It established rules for speaking and spelling the words used in American English. The different languages of the immigrants who came to the United States also helped make American En