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The difference between descriptive, prescriptive, learner's, U.S., international, abridged, unabridged |
A descriptive dictionary is one that is scientific because it isn't telling you how words should be used by the wealthiest class of America, it's actually telling you how words *are* used. Therefore, it actually defines words such as "alright" even though a prescriptive dictionary would tell you that's not proper. A learner's dictionary is for non-English speakers. A U.S. dictionary tells you how to speak U.S. English. An international dictionary tells you how to speak English from other parts of the world and the U.S. An abridged dictionary is a shorter dictionary, an unabridged dictionary, is a much longer dictionary. |
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Why did Merriam Webster's Third New International Dictionary shocked people? |
Because it was Descriptive |
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What are some resources you can find in a mid-size print dictionary? |
Some will give you the Greek Alphabet, brief manual of style, explaining of punctuation, capitalization, and even basic grammar, some will give you a chart of Indo-European language families, some will compare calendars and currencies, some will offer a chart explaining the taxonomic organization of species. Some will help you find a word even if you don't know how to spell it. |
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What does a thesaurus offer? |
Synonyms and Antonyms |
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What are the names of major publishers of dictionaries in the U.S. market? |
Oxford University Press, Merriam-Webster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Random House, HarperColins |
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What are basic differences between the way that English and Latin works? |
Most Latin and Greek words change their form to show their use in a sentence. English mostly uses word order to achieve this. |
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Alchemist |
The Chemistry |
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Pandemonium |
Evil spirit |
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Lunatic |
Moon |
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Punch |
Some kind of special formula |
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Decimate |
To punish every tenth person |
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Pro tempore |
For time, for the time being |
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Ex officio |
From office, by virtue of office or position |
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Magnum opus |
Great work |
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Persona non grata |
Person not acceptable |
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Ex cathedra |
From chair, with the authority derived from one's office or position |
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To find noun... |
Look for noun markers - The, many, a, at, these |
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To find adjectives |
Look for seems, er, est, more, most |
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Morphological test for verbs |
Add -ed |
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Morphological test for adverbs |
Add -ly |
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Syntax criteria for adverbs? |
How, when, where? |
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What are the five changes words undergo as they move from Latin across French to English? |
C to Ch, Latin internal vowels underwent complex changes, - a single consonant between two vowels usually dropped out, Latin v except for when first letter of word became French f, Latin endings of nouns and adjectives either dropped off or became French E |
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Word of the year for 2013 |
Selfie |
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Word of the year for 2014 |
#BlackLivesMatter |
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How do the words of the year chosen by the American Dialect Society help us identify prominent political and social issues |
Well they're pretty frequently brought up and said, for good reason. That's what is going on! |
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What are prepositions? |
Usually small words like "of, with, by" |
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What kind of breathing is pronounced? |
Rough breathing |
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All about Breathings |
Words beginning with vowels in Greek always have a breathing mark. A smooth breathing bulges to the right, and a rough breathing bulges to the left. Rough breathing means it starts with an h sound. |
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Dipththongs |
From Greek di- Double, and phthongos, "sound". It's two vowels that blend into one sound. |
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Why is Gibbons' Style Called Latinate? |
Having an excessive use of Latin derivatives. Using lots of content words. |
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Idiot |
Private person |
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Serendipity |
Prince of Serendip fairytale |
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Trivial |
Crossroads |
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Sarcasm |
To bite the lips in rage |
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Assassin |
Worthless person, literally, hashish user |
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Modus Operandi |
Method of working |
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Dramatis personae |
Characters in a play |
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Non sequitur |
Not follow, an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence. |
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Deus ex machina |
God from machine |
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Summum bonum |
Greatest good |
