AnswersHACHMAN FL-1001400-English 4 A 2627Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English LanguageQuestion 1
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Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language

Question 1 • HACHMAN FL-1001400-English 4 A 26/27

What was revolutionary about Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language?

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It was the first dictionary to be compiled by a group of critics, poets, essayists, and biographers.
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It was the first dictionary to include definitions of difficult or technical words.
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It was the first English dictionary to use quotations from literature to illustrate word usage and development.
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