Why did the first issue of the Oxford Dictionary end with the word "ant"? Цікаво

Why did the first issue of the Oxford Dictionary end with the word "ant"?

The story of how the first issue of the Oxford English Dictionary came out in 1884, why it didn't include the word apple, and how to use this fun fact in your English class. Imagine buying a brand-new English dictionary, opening it up to look up the word apple, and finding out it isn't there at all. That is precisely the situation readers faced with the very first installment of what would become the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1884, Oxford University Press published the first 352 pages of this landmark work. The very last word included in that issue was ant.

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How the Most Prominent University Press Was Established Цікаво

How the Most Prominent University Press Was Established

Determining the precise beginning of Oxford University Press is not as easy a question as it may seem. It’s not enough to brandish triumphantly the first book printed in Oxford, Expositio in symbolum apostolorum, as all that proves is that there was a printing press in Oxford in 1478…

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