Webster envisioned a distinctly American language, to help unite the new nation and make it independent of Britain’s printing presses and other cultural influences. This American language he sought to engineer, personally, through his writings and lectures. At a time when English-language spellings were still fluid, Webster compiled his dictionary with an eye toward establishing consistent spelling rules that would create differences between American and British English.
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