| Question 1: This dictionary is preferred as a backup source by two influential style guides in the ________ , although each one directs writers to go first to other, shorter dictionaries. | |||
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| Question 2: In 1917, a US court ruled that Webster's entered the public domain in 1834 when Noah Webster's 1806 dictionary's ________ lapsed. | |||
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| Question 3: (It today uses the Webster's New World Dictionary published by John Wiley & Sons.) ________ in the National Review opined that the new dictionary "has all the modern virtues. | |||
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| Question 4: The Online Plain Text English Dictionary is based on the ________ E-text version of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. | |||
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| Question 5: Although Merriam-Webster dictionaries are descended from the original work of Noah Webster, many other dictionaries bear his name, such as those published by ________ and by John Wiley & Sons. | |||
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| Question 6: The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary is available as an E-text from ________ | |||
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| Question 7: [1] Webster's assistant, and later chief competitor, ________, published an abridgment in 1829. | |||
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| Question 8: ________, the author of popular readers and spelling books for schools, published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, in 1806. | |||
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| Question 9: The book was printed by the Riverside Press in ________. | |||
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| Question 10: Thus, Webster's became a ________ and others were free to use the name on their own works. | |||
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