So, this whole time I've been saying, "The dictionary, the dictionary, the dictionary, the dictionary." Not "a dictionary," or "dictionaries." And that's because, well, people use the dictionary to stand for the whole language.
Bueno, todo este tiempo estuve diciendo, "El diccionario, el diccionario, el diccionario, el diccionario." No "un diccionario," o "diccionarios." Y eso es porque … Bueno, la gente usa el diccionario para representar al idioma entero.