Summary

“Learn English online: How the internet is changing language” is an article written by Jane O’Brien and it was published on the BBC News website, on December 4, 2012.  Jane O’Brien discusses the impact of the internet on the English language. She notes that while English is the most common language online, this has also changed the language. Furthermore, with the evolution of web coding, other languages, such as Chinese, are more and more present online.

One will not necessarily find an English dictionary online, but rather various versions of it such as "Indian English, or Hinglish, Spanglish (Spanish English) and Konglish (Korean English)"(ll. 30-32). The author compares the way American English evolved out of British English with the way ...