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How many entries in the Webster 1996 edition were incorrect?

Question #57235. Asked by paulfrank_008.
Last updated Aug 15 2021.

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315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
link http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_topic/f/47/t/000333.html

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. "Webster's" is not a copyrighted term. Any dictionary can call itself Webster's. So which one of hundreds misspelled words?
link https://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/humor/042207.sht



Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 15 2021.
May 16 2005, 4:39 AM
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