On Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 3:40:29 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:40 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
> >> There is more, much more in a dictionary than definitions made of
>>> words that are also made of words?! Please give me an *EXAMPLE* of that.
>>>
>>
>> *> Do you use a dictionary? AG *
>>
>
> The last time I used a dictionary was when I was trying to decide if I
> should use the word "effect" or "affect" and concluded that most people
> don't know the difference either so it just didn't effect (or affect)
> communication a great deal one way or the other. And I certainly find a
> dictionary is never of any help in trying to figure out fundamental
> questions about reality. Most people don't have a dictionary in their house
> and haven't used one since they were nine when their fourth grade teacher
> made them, and yet they somehow manage to communicate just fine.
>
> And you never answered my question, if it wasn't from EXAMPLES of language
> use where do you think the people who wrote the dictionary got the
> knowledge to write their book? I suggest you read the book "The Professor
> and the Madman" by Simon Winchester, it tells the story of how the ultimate
> dictionary, The Oxford English Dictionary got made:
>
> The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making
> of the Oxford English Dictionary
> <https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman-Insanity-English-Dictionary-ebook/dp/B000FCKM7E>
>
> John K Clark
>
This is a nice online dictionary I found recently:
https://www.lexico.com/en
(Try our your favorite word.)
@philpthrift
>
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