Dear Merriam-Webster,
For as long as I can remember, that is even as a child,
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary has had superior quality, and has been
the very foundation of my word usage in English. That old dictionary got tattered due to years
of constant use, such that it came time to buy a dictionary again, this time it
was Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate dictionary as both a book and a computer
program for my computer. For me this
means that even if I can’t find the book, I know where it is. All I have to do is boot my computer, and
load the program.
This letter is a suggestion about a possible way that the
computer program may be improved. I am
suggesting that one not only has the choice of searching via spelling, but also
searching in word definitions. My
reasoning for this is that words often come in groups, such that when one is
able to find the spelling of a word, it would be of assistance to be able to
search for some words that essentially correlate to that word via searching
within word definitions. That is, I hope
that this letter may be of assistance to Merriam-Webster.
Sincerely,
Craig Hamilton
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