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The Story of Ain't

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by David Skinner


  Webster, Noah, xi, 2-3, 31, 303

  Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged. See Webster’s Second

  Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition. See Webster’s Third

  Webster’s New World, 196, 237

  Webster’s Second

  biographical information in, 133–34

  criticisms of, by Philip Gove, 171–77

  defense of, by William Allan Neilson, 89–94

  definition style and format in, 210–11

  Editorial Board procedures for, 175–77

  encyclopedic information in, 174–75

  journalistic entry in, 145–46, 176–77

  literary quotations in, 207

  William Allan Neilson as editor for, 1–2, 59–60 (see also Neilson, William Allan)

  pronunciations in, 5, 189–90, 232–33

  publication of, xi, 1–7

  special addendum of, 159–61

  Webster’s Third

  criticisms of, 241–50, 255–62, 273–82, 291–94, 296–98

  defenses of, 283–85, 296–98

  development of this book about, xii–xiv

  Philip Gove as editor for, 11–14, 171–177, 229–33 (see also Gove, Philip B.)

  lexicographical production procedures for, 199–212

  planning for, 134–36

  positive reviews of, 267–72, 273, 288, 294–95

  press release announcing, 9–11

  pronunciations in, 189–97

  sales of, 16, 193, 195–97, 263

  search for editor for, 141, 143–48

  statistics about, 241–50

  W. Freeman Twaddell as resident editor for, 163–65

  Weeks, Edward, 288–89

  Weidman, Victor, 192–93, 195

  Wheeler, Dinsmore, 39–43, 63–65

  Wheeler, William, 174–75

  Who Killed Grammar? (book), 184–87

  whom, 119

  Whyte, William H., 214

  will and shall. See shall and will

  Wilson, Edmund, 35, 103

  wise suffix, 247

  witch hunt, 159

  women, education of, 19–21, 58, 139

  Worcester, Joseph, 4, 289

  Word Study (newsletter), 230, 274, 275–276

  world wars, 91–92, 102, 123–31

  wrath, 91

  writers, Federal Writers Project for, 96

  Yale University, 4, 39–41, 52–53

  About the Author

  DAVID SKINNER is a writer and editor living in Alexandria, Virginia. He writes about language, culture, and his life as a husband, father, and suburbanite. He has been a staff editor at the Weekly Standard, for which he still writes, and an editor of Doublethink magazine. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New Atlantis, Slate, the Washington Times, the American Spectator, and many other publications. Skinner is the editor of Humanities magazine, which is published by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and is on the usage panel for the American Heritage Dictionary.

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