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1846
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Cylinder Press invented, printing up to 8,000 sheets per hour. Allowed tabloids and newspapers to be mass produced.
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1604
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Telephone invented, informal language became more frequent.
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792
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Vikings raid on Britian, influenced place names and harsh words.
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1755
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Johnson's dictionary, faced problems with spelling and universal understanding on definitions. Contained 40,000 words.
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1476
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Caxton's Printing Press, standardised language.
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1880
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Education Act, allowed more people to read and write English.
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1990
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First Text Message, invention of text speak - abbreviations, slang, contractions, coinage etc.
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1992
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World Wide Web goes public - Coinage, globalisation, borrowing becomes frequent.
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1879
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Oxford English Dictionary, descriptive not prescriptive.
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British Colony established in Jamestown Virginia, resulted in American English.
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