This text is excerpted from an article of the sametitle in the book The Play of Language. The Playof Language is a collection of essays on languageand usage edited by Leonard Dean and KennethWilson, published by Oxford University Press inthe United States of America
This text is excerpted from an article of the same title in the book The Play of Language. The Play of Language is a collection of essays on language and usage edited by Leonard Dean and Kenneth Wilson, published by Oxford University Press in the United States of America
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Webster’s Third New International Dictionary has its beginning in Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828. In 1840, the second edition of Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language was a failure and he had to sell the copy right to Merriam Publishing Company which thereafter became the Merriam-Webster Incorporation. A quick glance at the background
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The Third International, whether in content, size, shape, and design, this dictionary of 2752 pages is the great library of the English language. It has over 460,000 entries, 200,000 usage examples, over 3000 pictorial illustrations, and more than 1000 synonym articles. In a single volume, it defines the English language as it is written and spoken today
The editors of this new edition have held to thethree virtues of dictionary making: accuracy,clearness and comprehensiveness. Accuracy is putfirst under any circumstance. In striving forclearness, the editors have tried to make theeaspossible.Thedefinitionsasreadablecomprehensiveness of this dictionary is borne outby the addition of 100,000 new words or newdefinitions that were not included in the SecondInternational
The editors of this new edition have held to the three virtues of dictionary making: accuracy, clearness and comprehensiveness. Accuracy is put first under any circumstance. In striving for clearness, the editors have tried to make the definitions as readable as possible. The comprehensiveness of this dictionary is borne out by the addition of 100,000 new words or new definitions that were not included in the Second International