Who would use an emotional (connotative) dictionary or thesaurus?
Anyone who uses a regular (denotative) dictionary or thesaurus. It’s worth noting that Shakespeare wrote all of his masterpieces before the first English dictionary was published. But that does not mean dictionaries are useless. Otherwise, Merriam-Webster and Oxford University Press would have gone out of business long ago. Roget’s Thesaurus has been published continuously since 1852 and continues to sell millions of copies annually in print and software formats. Worldwide, there has always been a strong demand for language reference tools.
• Anyone who uses a regular (denotative) dictionary or thesaurus. It’s worth noting that Shakespeare wrote all of his masterpieces before the first English dictionary was published. But that does not mean dictionaries are useless. Otherwise, Merriam-Webster and Oxford University Press would have gone out of business long ago. Roget’s Thesaurus has been published continuously since 1852 and continues to sell millions of copies annually in print and software formats. Worldwide, there has always been a strong demand for language reference tools.
• Anyone who uses a regular (denotative) dictionary or thesaurus. It’s worth noting that Shakespeare wrote all of his masterpieces before the first English dictionary was published. But that does not mean dictionaries are useless. Otherwise, Merriam-Webster and Oxford University Press would have gone out of business long ago. Roget’s Thesaurus has been published continuously since 1852 and continues to sell millions of copies annually in print and software formats. Worldwide, there has always been a strong demand for language reference tools.
