“I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since 1776, are continuing to move apart, and that existing elements of linguistic dissimilarity between them will intensify as time goes on, notwithstanding the power of the cinema, TV, Time Magazine, and other two-way gluing and fuelling devices.”
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Robert Burchfield
Robert Burchfield was a renowned lexicographer known for his contributions to the field of English lexicography. Born on January 27, 1923, and passing away on July 5, 2004, Burchfield's work had a profound impact on the standardization and documentation of the English language. more
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