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Merriam-Webster FAQ
March 29th, 2010
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Author: What is covered in this Q & A?
This Q & A includes brief answers to questions that are frequently asked about
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. It is intended to offer a quick overview of the
company, its history, and its products. If you would like more information about
the topics covered here, use the text links to view more detailed articles.
What is Merriam-Webster?
Merriam-Webster is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference
works. The company publishes a diverse array of print and electronic products,
including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Tenth Edition,
America's best-selling desk dictionary, and Webster's Third New
International Dictionary, Unabridged.
Does Merriam-Webster have any connection to
Noah Webster?
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The Merriam-Webster Web Team
This site was put together by the staff of Merriam-Webster, with help and guidance from some very dedicated and talented folks from other companies. Of course, the dictionary and thesaurus were created by the entire editorial staff at Merriam-Webster. The team below is the one that wrote the rest of the copy, created the graphics, built and tested the programs, and then pulled it all together.
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Word for the Wise: “Blind” word play
Word lovers delight in the delicious wordplay of parkway and driveway. They gleefully note that we drive on the parkway and park on the driveway. But once you know the stories behind the words, the two terms don’t seem so odd. The early driveway named a road or way along which animals, such as stock or game, were driven. The park in parkway comes from the landscaping (or sometimes the public park) that gives the thoroughfare its touch of green.
English is filled with words that people confuse in unexpected ways — sometimes ways that even seem downright silly. Need an example? Consider the words nyctalopia and hemeralopia.
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