Question

So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as the pure sources of genuine diction.

Based on the passage, what made Johnson’s dictionary innovative?
A. It was the first dictionary to try to restore English to its early form.
B. It was the first dictionary to use modern page decorations.
C. It was the first dictionary to trace word usage by using quotations from authoritative writers.
D. It was the first dictionary to try to correct the writing of past authors.

ANSWER: C. It was the first dictionary to trace word usage by using quotations from authoritative writers.

Answer 1

Answer: C) It was the first dictionary to trace word usage by using quotations from authoritative writers.

Explanation: From the given options, the one that expresses the reason why Johnson's dictionary was innovative, is the corresponding to option C:  It was the first dictionary to trace word usage by using quotations from authoritative writers, we can see that expressed in the given passage, specifically in the phrase "...that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration..."

Answer 2

Answer:

C: it was the first dictionary to trace word usage by using quotations from authoritative writers.

Explanation: