Comments on: crossed words https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/crossed-words/ Author of The Dream Hotel, The Other Americans, The Moor's Account, Secret Son, and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: languagehat.com https://lailalalami.com/2003/09/crossed-words/#comment-636 Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:17:41 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/crossed-words/#comment-636 CANNOT.

Moorishgirl links to a review by David Kipen of the new 11th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, which we’ve recently gotten at work. It’s not bad for a newspaper review—it points out that “dictionaries are snapshots from life, no…

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