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Revision as of 03:16, September 22, 2009
, 03:16, September 22, 2009→Inclined to Revert: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Parousia
::I won't comment on the debatable items, but I can help clear up factual questions about the content of the dictionary. I have in front of me a recent print edition of the M-W dictionary, and it has both an entry for "invisible hand" and an appropriate definition of "group". These entries on this page need to either be removed or instead updated to note the fact that M-W took many years to add these terms. If there are any other particular terms whose current definitions you would like me to check, post on this page and I will reply. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 13:43, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
::I won't comment on the debatable items, but I can help clear up factual questions about the content of the dictionary. I have in front of me a recent print edition of the M-W dictionary, and it has both an entry for "invisible hand" and an appropriate definition of "group". These entries on this page need to either be removed or instead updated to note the fact that M-W took many years to add these terms. If there are any other particular terms whose current definitions you would like me to check, post on this page and I will reply. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 13:43, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
==Dating of eminent domain==
This should probably be taken out. Most likely the dictionary only dates the first English usage of a word or term. For example, [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Parousia Parousia] was used long before 1844, but this is the first time that MW's editors have found it used in our language and in Roman characters with this exact spelling. --[[User:RickD|RickD]] 23:16, 21 September 2009 (EDT)