Question

Which statements describe Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language? Check all that apply.
It was published in the late 1800s.
It includes over forty thousand definitions.
It includes information about word origins.
It has a preface written by William Shakespeare.
It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answers are:

It includes over forty thousand definitions.

It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.

Explanation:

Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" was regarded as the best dictionary of its day. It was published in 1755, thus this makes the first choice (It was published in the late 1800s) incorrect.

It has around 42,773 words with their meanings, thus this makes the second choice (It includes over forty thousand definitions) correct. The dictionary which "only" contained 40,000 words was prepared by Nathan Bailey.

The dictionary only shows the meaning of the words and "not their origin." Thus, this makes the third choice (It includes information about word origin) incorrect.

The meaning of the words are illustrated with the help of quotations (excerpts) relating to literature. So, this makes the last choice (It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature) correct. Examples of the quotations comes from Shakespeare, Dryden and Milton.

However, the dictionary doesn't have a preface written by William Shakespeare. Thus, this makes the fourth choice (It has a preface written by William Shakespeare) incorrect.

Answer 2

Answer:

• It includes over forty thousand definitions.

• It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.

Explanation:

The statements that describes Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language :

It includes over forty thousand definitions

• The option (with over 40,000 definitions) is correct, as it has a meaning of about 42,773 words. A dictionary containing "only"  40,000 words was created.  

It offers excerpted examples of the words in literature.

• This will correct the final selection (provided with an excerpt of the word in the bibliography). Examples of citations are from Shakespeare, Dryden and Milton.

Samuel Johnson's "English Dictionary" was considered the best dictionary of the time was Published in 1755,  the first choice was published in the late 19th century is wrong.

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