“A lexicographer’s business is solely to collect, arrange, and define the words that usage presents to his hands. He has no right to proscribe words; he is to present them as they are.”
—-Noah Webster, lexicographer (16 Oct 1758-1843).
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“A lexicographer’s business is solely to collect, arrange, and define the words that usage presents to his hands. He has no right to proscribe words; he is to present them as they are.”
—-Noah Webster, lexicographer (16 Oct 1758-1843).
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