So why has English changed over time?【小题1】 all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English 【小题2】 in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was 【小题3】 more on German than the English we speak at present. Then 【小题4】 between about AD 800 and 1150, English became 【小题5】 like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers 【小题6】the English language and especially its vocabulary. So【小题7】the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to 【小题8】too. English began to be spoken in both countries. Finally by the 19th century the language was 【小题9】. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English language. The latter gave a separate 【小题10】 to American English spelling.