allerySamuel Johnson doubted that a dictionary can do what?
AFreeze a language in time
BDefine every word in use
CList all verbs and tenses
DRecord spelling variants
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Freeze a language in time
1. Johnson compared stopping language change to promising immortality.
2. He said the lexicographer cannot embalm a language or secure it from decay.
3. Academies had tried to guard languages, but sounds stay too volatile.
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