Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson's preface to A Dictionary of the English Language,
Many quotations serve no other Thus have I laboured by settling the
purpose, than that of proving the bare orthography, displaying the analogy,
existence of words, and are therefore regulating the structures, and
selected with less scrupulousness ascertaining the signification of
than those which are to teach their English words, to perform all the parts
structures and relations.
of a faithful lexicographer.
In both excerpts, the word structure refers to the
ways a dictionary is assembled.
organization of alphabetical entries.
O components, or parts, of words.
O places, or institutions, that house books.

If a sentence is a run-on, correct it. if it is correct as written, write correct. 1.)i looked down. i saw that the well was apparently dry. 2.)we read the preamble to the constitution, our group felt anew the power of those words. 3.)the boy had trouble with the decimal point when multiplying he always put it in the wrong place. 4.)the thermometer broke, the mercury spilled onto the floor. 5.)i mislead my car keys, my house keys were also gone. 6.)it is against the law litter, neveretheless, people do it. 7.)ann threw away the check, but she eventually recovered it. 8.)i generally like the climate of the area where i live i do not enjoy subfrezzing winter temperatures. 9.)everyone should be polite, however many people are rude. 10.)i made my own chili to eat it one needs an iron stomach.

Suppose you connect a battery to a small light bulb with a single wire. what do you think will happen? explain your answer.

Read this passage from "the american dream." it does not say all white men, but it says all men. . how does the second part of the sentence relate to the first part?