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Re: How to make Emacs popular again.
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Jean Louis |
Subject: |
Re: How to make Emacs popular again. |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 05:41:47 +0000 |
None of them have free license, we need free information.
Am October 1, 2020 7:15:08 PM UTC schrieb chad <yandros@gmail.com>:
>On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:14 AM James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone checked if Wiktionary's quality is good?
>>
>> In my experience, Oxford dictionary are better than Meriam-Webster's
>> dictionary.
>>
>
>My favorite professional editor tells me that in general, for English
>definitions and usage, MW is preferred to the OED. OED is generally
>better
>if you care specifically about etymology, but otherwise, MW has the
>edge
>for usage, especially modern usage, as the OED is (deliberately) slower
>to
>add words and update usages.
>
>This is, of course, a very broad comparison, and both are good enough
>for
>most people.
>
>Hope that helps,
>~Chad
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