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Unit Test

Question 1 • English 12 A-IC - USD232

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

Answer
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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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