a compelling case to use dictionaries from 1913

The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you’ve never heard of, or whose sense you’re unsure of. You would never look up an ordinary word – like example, or sport, or magic – because all you’ll learn is what it means, and that you already know.

Indeed, if you look up those particular words in the dictionary that comes with your computer – on my Mac, it’s the New Oxford American Dictionary, 3rd Edition – you’ll be rewarded with… well, there won’t be any reward. The entries are pedestrian […]

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