Read the passage and choose the correct answer: Few men have influenced the development of American English to the extent that Noah Webster did. Born in West Hartford, Connecticut in . 1758, his name has become synonymous with American dictionaries. Graduated from Yale in 1778, he was admitted to the bar in 1781 and thereafter began to practice law in Hartford. Later, when he turned to teaching, he discovered how inadequate the available schoolbooks were for the children of a new and independent nation. In response to the need for truly American textbook, Webster published A Grammatical Institute of the English Language, a three-volume work that consisted of a speller, a grammar, and a reader. The Compendious Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1806. In 1807 Noah Webster began his greatest work. An American dictionary of the English Language. In preparing the manuscript, he devoted ten years to the study of English and its relationship to other languages. and seven more years to the writing itself. Published in two volumes in 1828. An American Dictionary of the English Language has become the recognized authority for usage in the United States. Webster's purpose in writing it was to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spelling from those of British English. He is responsible for advancing simplified spelling forms: develop instead of the British form developed; theater and center instead of theatre and center; color and honor instead of color and honor. Question. In how many volumes was . 4n American Diction the of the English Language published?