English

Rodolfo Young

9 October, 11:48

The excerpt suggests that Johnson's work is significant because it

. teaches readers how to understand analogies.

. follows a method prescribed by other dictionaries.

. reflects an exhaustive study of its words.

. includes obscure words not previously defined.

I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary, which, by degrees, I reduced to method, establishing to myself, in the progress of the work, such rules as experience and analogy suggested to me; experience, which practice and observation were continually increasing; and analogy, which, though in some words obscure, was evident in others.