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  2. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    The modern encyclopedia evolved from the dictionary in the 18th century; this lineage can be seen in the alphabetical order of print encyclopedias. [19] Historically, both encyclopedias and dictionaries have been compiled by well-educated, well-informed content experts, but they are significantly different in structure.

  3. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Various collaborative online encyclopedias were attempted before the start of Wikipedia, but with limited success. [19] Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia, a free online English-language encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts and reviewed under a formal process. [20]

  4. Category:Encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    An encyclopedia (alternatively encyclopædia) is a compendium of human knowledge. Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. ...

  5. List of online encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopedia funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Library of Virginia, covering topics on Virginia: Free Handbook of Texas: English Articles on the U.S. State of Texas: Free HistoryLink: English Articles about Washington state history Free MNopedia: English Online encyclopedia about Minnesota, published by the Minnesota ...

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Spelling

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    The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.

  7. Spell checker - Wikipedia

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    Spell checkers can use approximate string matching algorithms such as Levenshtein distance to find correct spellings of misspelled words. [1] An alternative type of spell checker uses solely statistical information, such as n-grams, to recognize errors instead of correctly-spelled words. This approach usually requires a lot of effort to obtain ...

  8. Wikipedia:Spellchecking - Wikipedia

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    Many office suites, such as Microsoft Office and LibreOffice, are equipped with spelling and grammar checkers that are on by default.Open the Wikipedia article, select "edit" from the menu atop the page or section, select and copy the article source, paste it into a Word or Writer document, follow the red (spelling) and green (grammar) markers, and correct mistakes as necessary.

  9. Webster's Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Following the purchase of Merriam-Webster by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in 1964, a three-volume version was issued for many years as a supplement to the encyclopedia. At the end of volume three, this edition included the Britannica World Language Dictionary , 474 pages of translations between English and French, German, Italian, Spanish ...