Question
Which statements describe Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language? Check all that apply.
A: It was published in the late 1800s.
B: It includes over forty thousand definitions.
C: It includes information about word origins.
D: It has a preface written by William Shakespeare.
E: It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.
A: It was published in the late 1800s.
B: It includes over forty thousand definitions.
C: It includes information about word origins.
D: It has a preface written by William Shakespeare.
E: It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.
Answers
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The statements that describe Samuel Johnson’s *A Dictionary of the English Language* are:
B: It includes over forty thousand definitions.
C: It includes information about word origins.
E: It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.
Statements A and D are not correct; the dictionary was published in 1755, not the late 1800s, and it does not have a preface written by William Shakespeare.
B: It includes over forty thousand definitions.
C: It includes information about word origins.
E: It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.
Statements A and D are not correct; the dictionary was published in 1755, not the late 1800s, and it does not have a preface written by William Shakespeare.