Example sentences for: mwiii
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The biggest was that Gove had gone his merry way in producing what he considered to be a lexicon of the language but with little thought for those who were to use it: no one could call the MWIII “user-friendly” (certainly not in 1961, when, as far as I know, the expression had not yet gained currency):
Thus, the first definition of interlude refers to a short dramatic piece performed between the acts of the miracle plays, and the common modern sense of `interval' is not met with till definition 2. That is merely a fact—many American dictionaries follow the same theme, notably, the MWIII .
I checked in MWIII and in the OED 2e : neither yielded the definition sought (though the OED2e has a definition, labeled obsolete and obviously not the meaning sought, the first page of a book).
I could go on (and on) with other criticisms, but the purpose of this essay is to review Herbert Morton's book, not the MWIII , regardless of temptation.
More than three decades later I readily recall my opinions about both at the time, opinions that have changed little over the years: there was no doubt that the MWIII deserved criticism, but those benighted, self-appointed guardians of the language who were heaping vituperative imprecations on the Dictionary (and its editors) were criticizing it for the wrong things.
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