A Dictionary of the English Language (2944 bytes)
1: ...age]], was prepared by [[Samuel Johnson]] and appeared in print in [[1755]].
3: ...hat he had marked in books. Johnson prepared several revised editions during his life.
5: ...ryden]]. The dictionary contains over 100,000 quotations.
7: ...nerally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people".
9: ... would be favoured by [[Noah Webster]] a century later.

Random House Dictionary of the English Language (2116 bytes)
1: ... the ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.
3: ...e ''[[Dictionary of American English]]'', all out of print.
5: ... Language. Unabridged''. It was the first dictionary to use computer [[typesetting]].
7: ...ollegiate'' gave [[1676]], ''Random House'' might offer, 1670-80.
9: ...ebster's'' is now used on many Random House publications.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3433 bytes)
1: ...ctionary|Webster's Third New International Dictionary]]''.
3: ... 105 writers, speakers, and eminent persons for usage notes.
5: ...s'' used); the latter was derived from text corpora.
6: ...red by [[Brown University]] linguist [[Henry Kucera]].
8: ...ediate transformations on the way to the contemporary words.

Dictionary of American English (644 bytes)
1: ...n [[1936]] under the editorship of Craigie and [[James R. Hulbert]].
3: ...ern work, the ''[[Dictionary of American Regional English]],'' is presently being compiled.
5: [[Category:Dictionaries]]

New Oxford Dictionary of English (732 bytes)
1: ...d to '''NODE''') is a [[dictionary]] published by the [[Oxford University Press]].
3: ...d not be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED.
5: ...e this dictionary controversial amongst [[lexicographer]]s.
7: It was first published in [[1998]].
9: See also: [[New Oxford American Dictionary]]

Oxford English Dictionary (25627 bytes)
1: ... and includes some 2.5 million illustrative [[quotation]]s.
3: ...orldwide, past and present. To quote the 1933 Preface:
5: ...ary, and a large measure of dialectal usage and slang.
7: ...r virtually all scholarly work regarding words in English.
10: ...[[dictionary|dictionaries]] of [[English language|English]].

Collaborative International Dictionary of English (1388 bytes)
1: ...ad and supplemented by [[volunteer]]s from around the world.
3: ...p build a large and freely available [[knowledge base]].
5: ... some cases reformatted or provided with an interface:
7: * [[Project Gutenberg]], in the extext96 directory
8: * The [[DICT]] development group

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2356 bytes)
1: ... than the twenty needed for the second edition of the ''OED''.
3: ...he work was begun by [[William Little]], a fellow of
4: ...f [[Charles Talbut Onions]], who succeeded Little as editor.
6: ...to be "a quintessence of those vast materials" in the complete ''OED''.
8: ...rica under the name ''The Oxford Universal Dictionary''.

Dictionary of American Regional English (480 bytes)
1: ...sity Press]]. Its chief-editor is [[Joan Houston Hall]].
3: == See also ==
4: * [[American English]]
5: * [[American and British English differences]]
6: * [[New York-New Jersey English]]

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (619 bytes)
1: ...aph but some entries like [[William Shakespeare]] are quite lengthy.
3: ...erg]]. It was released on [[August 21]], [[2004]] as [http://gutenberg.net/etext/13240 EBook #13240].
7: [[Category:Dictionaries]]
8: ...y:A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature|*]]

List of English-language movies based on foreign-language movies (2252 bytes)
1: ... of English-language movies based on foreign-language films. {{listdev}}
3: ...]'' from ''[[À bout de souffle]]'' ([[French language|French]])
4: ...Der Himmel Uber Berlin]]'' ([[German language|German]])
5: ...s]]'' from ''[[Cousin, cousine]]'' ([[French language|French]])
6: ...ie)|Dark Water (2002)]]'' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]])

Old English language (33841 bytes)
1: {{IPA notice}}
2: ...of which survive only in a few pronouns in modern English.
4: ...lling the [[Danelaw]] in northern and eastern England.
6: ==Germanic origins==
7: ...which all [[Germanic languages]] are believed to have been derived.

English language (32162 bytes)
1: ...utions, for example, require a working command of English.
2: {{language|name=English|nativename=English
3: |familycolor=lawngreen
4: ...ngdom]], [[United States]] and a large number of other countries
5: ...ng country. I think it's at least fair to include the US -->

Dissertations on the English Language (244 bytes)
1: ...Franklin]] and invites the world into Webster's classroom.

English the Global Language (3745 bytes)
1: {{cleanup}}
3: ...utlines the widespread growth of the English language.
5: ... it as their second or foreign language in more than 100
6: ...The need is created by the international academic and business communities.
8: ...be able to present his ideas and theories more clearly.

English programming language (673 bytes)
1: ...[Pick operating system]] using [[English language|English]].
3: ... a candidate for use as a programming language in the future.
5: [[Category:Query languages]]

English-language numerals (13482 bytes)
1: ''See also [[List of numbers]] (to be merged)''
3: ...ted by the United States, and then abandoned by France.
5: ...trillion is a thousand billion (10¹²), and so forth.
7: ... '''2''', '''tri''' means '''3''', '''quadri''' means '''4''', etc.
9: ...icolas Chuquet]]</em>), each number is a power of a million, i.e. '''(n)'''illion = (one million)<sup...

Politics and the English Language (3835 bytes)
1: ...gests remedies. In particular, Orwell believes that writers should:
2: ...e]], or other [[figure of speech]] which is quite often seen in print.
3: # Never use a long word where a short one will do.
4: # Always cut a word out if it is possible to do so.
5: # Never use the passive voice where the active voice will do.

English as an additional language (6562 bytes)
1: ...anguage, and ''EFL'' -- English as a foreign language.
3: ==Types of EAL==
4: ...L]]'' is the teaching of English as a Second Language.
6: ...]]'' is the teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
8: ...sing English at work, i.e. within an office where English is sometimes needed.

History of the English language (7289 bytes)
1: '''History of the [[English language]]'''
3: ==Old English==
4: ''Main article: [[Old English language]]''
6: ...on roots, but English vocabulary has also been greatly influenced over time.
8: ...]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] words to the language.

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