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Revision 20 . . (edit) December 7, 2001 4:49 am by (logged).153.96.xxx
Revision 19 . . (edit) November 28, 2001 8:13 am by LA2
Revision 18 . . November 13, 2001 11:20 am by Damian Yerrick [E2 has Webster 1913]
Revision 17 . . November 12, 2001 3:30 am by GregLindahl [*prescriptive vs descriptive]
  
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Dictionaries come in two basic philosophies, prescriptive and descriptive. The OED is descriptive, and attempts to describe actual usage. Noah Webster, on the other hand, changed the meanings and pronunciation of numerous words.
Dictionaries come in two basic philosophies, prescriptive and descriptive. The OED is descriptive, and attempts to describe actual usage. Noah Webster, on the other hand, changed the meanings and pronunciation of numerous words. The art and craft of writing dictionaries is callled lexicography.

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* New Oxford American Dictionary

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* Everything2 (http://everything2.com/) contains among other things the entire "Webster 1913" dictionary.
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