when did modern english begin
Modern English (sometimes New English or NE as opposed to Middle English and Old English) is the form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, which began in the late 15th century and was completed in roughly 1550.nfluences [edit]. Early Modern English lacked uniformity in spelling, but Samuel Johnson 's dictionary, published in 1755 in England, was influential in establishing a standard form of spelling.