So ‘Covid’ and ‘Coronavirus’ are in the dictionary. In April and in July 2020, Oxford English Dictionary editors, for instance, released dedicated updates in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the English language. Notes on a webinar by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) discussed ‘what is interesting about the new terms about …
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Published on March 15, 2021 04:09