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1 day ago · The first large American dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language, known as Webster's Dictionary, was written by Noah Webster in 1828, codifying several of these spellings.
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5 days ago · It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
- Amanda Watson
- 2009
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5 days ago · Literature Online includes full text of literary works in English from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. It also includes the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, together with biographic and bibliographic reference materials for each author.
- Amanda Watson
- 2009
2 days ago · The American Heritage Dictionary maintains a distinction between the terms Hispanic and Latino: Though often used interchangeably in American English, Hispanic and Latino are not identical terms, and in certain contexts the choice between them can be significant.
2 days ago · A dictionary (also called a wordstock, word reference, wordbook, lexicon, or vocabulary) is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon.
The fact of being classified as belonging to such a category. "agreement in gender, number, and case." Either of the two divisions, designated female and male, by which most organisms are classified on the basis of their reproductive organs and functions; sex. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition •
1 day ago · The American English dialect developed from English colonization. It serves as the de facto official language, the language in which government business is carried out. According to the 1990 census, 94% of the U.S. population speak only English. Adding those who speak English "well" or "very well" brings this figure to 96%.
