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::: A good (quality) dictionary would have uppercase words, so   '''god'''   ''and''   '''God'''   would both be present, which are different words and the inclusion of them would preclude shortcuts that most computer programs seem to have taken and assume that all words are lowercase   (unfortunately, this is the case for at least two dictionaries used for this Rosetta Code task).   Also, the commonly known abbreviations such as   '''PTA'''   and others should be included;   it is ''not''   '''pta'''.   Not to mention the inclusion of hyphenated words,   not the least of which would be such words as   '''twenty-one''',   '''21''',   and   '''pow-wow'''   (as well as   '''powwow''').   Also, abbreviations such as   '''A.S.P.C.A.,'''   '''U.S.''',   '''US''', and   '''us'''.   Also, words such as   '''C/N'''   and some common apostrophised (apostrophized) words   ('''it's'''   and   '''ain't''').   There also would be words that have decimal digits in them.   This would test the ability of computer programming solutions to handle mixed case and other characters.   And I would like a few words like   '''antidisestablishmentarianism'''   sprinkled around to stretch the (computer program) limits (if any) for the sizes of the words (strings).   As for the size, I have a much larger dictionary that I use, and it doesn't hinder the testing.   But if the size (for testing purposes) is a problem, insert a circuit-breaker in the program that facilitates testing.   (By the way, is there any limit on soap-box time?)   In short, a good quality dictionary would mimic a "real" dictionary, if not in size, but at least in scope.     -- -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:GerGerard Schildberger|talk]]) 18:45, 8 August 2019 (UTC)