
The Invention of the Modern Dictionary
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Revision of the Webster's Dictionary
Webster said to the mariams, take the name off the book. It's not his dictionary any more. They knew that nobody was going to spell machine m a s h ee n gar,. And that was an important step in the process, because it also showed some editorial independence. There was another problem later with the family, when william webster, the son of noah webster, recognized the extent of these revisions. The etymologies were all being thrown away, and with them, essentially a lot of webster's ideology as well. He thought the idea of authorship of a dictionary was more like the authorship ofa novel or a creative work
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