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As we all know, there are some differences between American English and British English. How did these differences take place? There is no quick answer _1.__ this question.

Actually at first the language in Britain and America was the same. After America became an independent(独立的) country, the language gradually began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the __2.__ , while the language in England changed.

Over the centuries, a number of words and meanings __3.__ are still in everyday use in the United States have __4.__ (disappear) in British English. For example, American English still use the __5.__ (express) “I guess” (meaning “I think”), just as the British did 300 years ago.

In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. To make American English different from British English, he changed the spelling of many words. That’s __6.__ the words colour, centre and traveller are _7._ (spell) color, center and traveler in American English. Except for these differences in spelling, _8.__ (write) English is nearly the same in both British English and American English.

The differences are much __9.__ (great) in the spoken language. However, most of the time, people from the two countries do not have difficulty in _10._ (understand) each other.

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