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Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, written in 1806, is significant for which two reasons?

It listed American words omitted from British dictionaries.
It distinguished between American and British definitions whenever necessary.
It showed the complete etymology of each word.
It was continuously updated.

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It was continuously updated.

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