Re: American Heritage Dictionary

Subject: Re: American Heritage Dictionary
From: Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 22:29:23 -0800

Stephen Bernhardt said:
> Craig's right--it's an old argument about what a dictionary should be. If
> we want a purely descriptive work, we wouldn't have usage panels. I would

But that's exactly the purpose of the usage panels--to give you a
feeling for how language is used.

Karen
karenk -at- netcom -dot- com


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