USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country used different languages. They also spelled, pronounced, and used English words differently. Webster completed his dictionary during his year abroad in January 1825 in a boarding house in Cambridge, England.

Detailed explanation-2: -(1828; 2nd ed., 1840). Webster was instrumental in giving American English a dignity and vitality of its own. Both his speller and dictionary reflected his principle that spelling, grammar, and usage should be based upon the living, spoken language rather than on artificial rules.

Detailed explanation-3: -Noah Webster, a Yale-educated lawyer with an avid interest in language and education, publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language on April 14, 1828. Webster’s dictionary was one of the first lexicons to include distinctly American words.

Detailed explanation-4: -Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, a mentor of Webster, advocated getting rid of the letters c, w, y, and j. Franklin wanted to then replace them with 6 new letters. Webster chose to keep those letters when he put together his dictionary. He also added two letters that we still use today, ‘j’ and ‘v.

Detailed explanation-5: -Webster was a pioneer in many fields. His dictionaries, spellers, and copious writings were part of America’s cultural revolution. His political theories influenced the framers of the Constitution and helped shape our existing laws.