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This is really welldone history about two important men and their efforts to reform american english

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A truly engaging text about the development of american english

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A fascinating look at ben franklin and noah websters role in the development of the english language and the many obstacles they encountered

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Fascinating story about how ben franklin and noah webster sought to change the nations alphabet

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As someone who loves words i loved reading this book especially the phonetically correct spellings of words

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How fascinating to learn about all the difficulties noah webster and ben franklin had to overcome while attempting to make english easier to write and read in america

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Anderson did a wonderful job explaining the language problem so children will understand

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Author beth anderson does a stellar job of making history feel fun and accessible drawing parallels between the american revolution and the changes in language that made american english distinct from british english youve probably noticed differences like color vs