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Module 6 Step 1 Leadin Look at the picture of on page 72. Have you heard of Samuel Johnson? How much do you know about him? Step 2 Read Part 1 quickly, then do Activity 2。 Answers: 。 。 。 。 Step 3 Read the passage and answer the questions: were originally responsible for the concept of the OED? did the editor James Murray improve the production of the dictionary? long did it take before the first part was published? does the writer say the project was clearly too big for one person to take on? have things advanced since the publication of the first dictionary? , Coleridge, Furnivall. asking readers to report many instances of a word on the slips. 3. 27 years. Murray had only managed the first volume between 1879 and 1884, it would