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Title: ~ Phillip Babcock Gove Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on July 27, 2015, 04:16:12 PM

Phillip Babcock Gove Quotes

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An American lexicographer who was editor-in-chief of the controversial Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961. 
Philip Babcock Gove (1902-1972) was an American lexicographer who was editor-in-chief of the controversial Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961.

Here are some famous quotes by Phillip Babcock Gove.

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A dictionary should be descriptive not prescriptive.

Title: Re: ~ Phillip Babcock Gove Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on July 27, 2015, 04:16:51 PM

The responsibility of a dictionary is to record a language not set its style.