Dr Samuel Johnson spent ten years writing a dictionary that would be the most influential dictionary to date. He not only gave definitions of the words but also classical quotations in which they appeared so that his dictionary would be educational and cultural as well as informative. He was known for the rest of his life as Dictionary Johnson.
Farside99 over 2 years ago
Probably a lot of truth in that.
sandpiper over 2 years ago
A very helpful tome throughout most of my teaching days. Sat next to a thesaurus and an OED.
Calvinist1966 over 2 years ago
Dr Samuel Johnson spent ten years writing a dictionary that would be the most influential dictionary to date. He not only gave definitions of the words but also classical quotations in which they appeared so that his dictionary would be educational and cultural as well as informative. He was known for the rest of his life as Dictionary Johnson.
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
Back in the day, doing homework, always had a thesaurus and dictionary! If I asked how to spell a word, they would say use the dictionary. So I did!
brklnbern over 2 years ago
Ha, ha!
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 2 years ago
I feel another Bartlett coming on!