The change in placement of accent marks is and example of change for
change's sake. The old style will be around for many years. It's in
every dictionary that I currently own (about 5 different and an online
version.)
The Mirriam Webster Second Edition dropped 400,000 entries going to the
Third Edition (600,000 entries to 200,000 entries.) because the cost of
binding would have made the dictionary unafordable. When reading older
literature one sometimes needs a more comprehensive dictionary than the
Third Edition, etc. so the lifetime of the old style will continue.
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