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#1

11-Mar-2008, 13:54

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dictionaries

What do you think why people needed dictionaries? what is the usefullness of dictionaries and the usefullness of them apart from their help to find unknown words?

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11-Mar-2008, 14:01

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Re: dictionaries

Hey newbie :D

Perhaps one reason that dictionaries are useful is that they help a language define itself.

Anyone else? Interesting question...

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