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Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling ___________(happen): first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The _________(late) gave a _________单独的 _________（identify) to American English spelling.
English now is also spoken _______ a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example India has _______ very large number ________ _______(fluently) English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.  English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such ___ South Africa. Today  _____________...的数目 people _________(learn) English in China  _________ (increase) rapidly. ______factChina may have the _______ (large) number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity?  Only time will tell.
Standard English and Dialects
What is standard English? Is it ________（speak) in Britain the US Canada Australia India and New Zealand? Believe it_____ not there is no ________ thing ________ standard English. Many people believe the English ________ （speak)on TV and the radio is standard English. This is ________ in the early days of radio those ________ reported the news  ________ (expect) to speak excellent English. However even on TV and the radio you will hear ______________(different) in the way people speak.
When people use words and expressions different form “standard language” it is ________ (call) a dialect. American English has many dialects ________(especial) the midwestern southern African American has many dialects. In some parts of the US two people from ________(neighbour) towns can speaka little ________(difference) . Ameican English has so many dialects because people have come from ________ 遍及the world.
Geography also________________ 起作用making dialects. Some people ________ live in the mountains of the ________(east) US speak with an older kind of English dialect. When Americans moved form one place to ________ they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the —_________ (southeast) US speak with almost the same dialect ________people in the northwestern US. The US is a large country in________ many different dialects  ________（speak). ____________ many Americans move a lot they still understand each other’s dialects.

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