English Grammar

by Wunderkin

2. verb

2.1. verb-irregular

By the 1840s, however, life in Europe and North America was changing very quickly, and newspaper were changing, too. New industries needed more educated workers, so there were many more schools. As a result, more people learned to read. In addition, new technology reduced the price of immigrants were arriving. They were eager to find out about their new land and to learn English, and newspapers helped them do both The New York Sun, for example, only cost one cent. It focused on entertaining stories about both famous and ordinary people. It soon became popular with the public-especially immigrants, who learned a lot of English by reading newspapers like The Sun.

t of money for most people in those days. In addition, most people at that time were still illiterate.