how was samuel johnson's dictionary different from previous dictionaries of the english language?

a. it included the meanings of many more words.

b. it used literary excerpts to illustrate word usage.

c. it took johnson several years to compile it.

d. it was not as precise as other dictionaries.

Samuel Johnson's dictionary was different from previous dictionaries of the English language as it used literary excerpts to illustrate word usage. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "B". Although there were several facts that separated this dictionary from all the previously created dictionaries of that time. This dictionary had the largest collection of words and that number was 427773. No other dictionaries had this number of word collection. this dictionary included the origin of the word and it was unique during that time. Another important aspect was that the dictionary gave the definition of each and every word. Last but not the least important is the fact that the dictionary gave illustrations from public authors to show the usage of the words.

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