Dictionary Development Challenges
Coleridge laid the groundwork for a monumental dictionary project, but his untimely death led to chaos under Furnival's administration. The real transformation began with Murray, whose organizational skills turned the tide, although the sheer volume of submissions made deadlines elusive. By 1880, they faced an overwhelming collection of over 2.5 million quotation slips, highlighting the ambitious scale of their endeavor.In this clip
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