The grammarian and the lexicographer doth protest too much
Many grammarians and lexicographers in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England protested loudly that English was superior to other languages. In prefaces and introductions to their dictionaries, lexicographers emphasized the quality and abundance of English words. They were vocal about keeping s...
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2010
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