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hanged all this. In 1755 Dr. Johnson\rproduced the (43) first modern dictionary. He included in his dictionary all important\rwords, both easy and hard, and he gave good meanings. He also gave good\rsentences to show how each word was actually used in speech and in writing. (44) By\rthe end of the 17OO5s most dictionary makers had followed Johnson's lead.\rDictionaries were getting better and better.\r(45) The 1800's saw the greatest improvement in the quality of dictionaries. In\rEngland scholars planned and prepared the Oxford English Dictionary, a\rtwenty-volume work. One of the most interesting features of the Oxford Dictionary is\rits word histories. (46) It keeps track of the history of each word from its earliest\rrecorded use up to the time of the printing of the dictionary