There are hundreds of thousands of words that aren't in any print dictionary today... because there's no space for all of them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dictionary hundred print
Ideally my goal is, before I die, to have some information about every word that's ever been used in print. Erin McKean diegoalideally Change image and share on social
Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in a dictionary and reading a definition. Erin McKean daydefinitiondictionary Change image and share on social
What I'm interested in is how people are reading and writing English. Erin McKean englishinterestpeople Change image and share on social
I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved. Ashwin Sanghi addconstantlydictionary share on social
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Thomas Carlyle dailydevilfact Change image and share on social
If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it? Ian Botham changegoodhundred Change image and share on social