...was sent to each reader comtaining twelve directions, of which these were the most important : — " Make a quotation for every word that strikes you as...help to fix the date of its introduction or disuse." Of quotations, each written on a separate slip, of words used from the earliest stages of the language...

...e O£Z>'s directions to its readers were brief. In the form issued in 1879 they were inter alia lo 'Make a quotation for every word that strikes you...old-fashioned, new, peculiar, or used in a peculiar way ... Make as many quotations as you can for ordinary words, especially when they are used significantly,...

...significantly called "readers." The language of the charge given these readers is worth reviewing: Make a quotation for every word that strikes you as rare, obsolete or old fashioned, new, peculiar or used in a peculiar way. Take special note of passages which show...

...somewhat different set of instructions from those actually supplied for the second reading programme. 'Make a quotation for every word that strikes you...old-fashioned, new, peculiar, or used in a peculiar way', the latter noted, only afterwards specifying the need for information on ordinary words too. It would...

...that strikes you as rare, obsolete, oldfashioned, new, peculiar, or used in a peculiar way. Take a special note of passages which show or imply that...help to fix the date of its introduction or disuse. Make as many quotations as convenient to you for ordinary words, when these are used significantly,...

...issued by James Murray, when he renewed the call for voluntary readers in 1 879, were the following: Make a quotation for every word that strikes you as...oldfashioned, new, peculiar, or used in a peculiar way. Take a special note of passages which show or imply that a word is either new and tentative, or needing...

...the basis of selection would not produce a fully representative sample. The directions given in 1879 were: Make a quotation for every word that strikes...obsolete, old-fashioned, new, peculiar, or used in a particular way. Take special note of passages which show or imply that a word is either new and tentative,...

...got treatment as fair as abusion, for instance — Murray offered some gendy phrased guidance: A lake a quotation for every word that strikes you as rare,...and tentative, or needing explanation as obsolete and archaic, and which thus help to fix the date of its introduction or disuse. .Make as many quotations...

...abuse got treatment as fair as abusión, for instance — Murray offered some gendy phrased guidance: Make a quotation for every word that strikes you as...new, peculiar or used in a peculiar way. Take special noie of passages which show or imply that a word is either new and tentative, or needing explanation...