2007-01-29 15:14:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
When Samuel Johnson wrote the first English dictionary, he left it out. Nobody knew what a dictionary was back then, and the book was marketed as "a compilation of definitions in the English Language," the cover simply read "English dictionary." Of course, everyone who bought the first edition immediately looked up "dictionary" and, when it wasn't there, well, you should have hear the Tsking and Pshawing that went on! Samuel didn't make that mistake again, and nobody else has either.
2007-01-29 15:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by Eclectic_N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a word.
2007-01-29 15:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by tichur 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well why wouldn't it be? It's a word.
2007-01-29 18:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because sometimes life just isn't fair.
2007-01-29 15:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT.
2. JUST IN CASE YOU WERE CONFUSED.
3. JUST IN CASE SOME PROFESSOR DESIRES THE EXACT MEANING AND WANTS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.
2007-01-29 15:24:31 · answer #5 · answered by longleggedfirecracker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋