Lost again... C# Dictionary

I just passed it. I was completely overthinking it.

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class LexicalAnalysis

        {
        public Dictionary<string, int> WordCount = new Dictionary<string, int>();   
    }


}

I was thinking there had to be a 2nd dictionary created, a dictionary called "Empty" for the WordCount to be initialized to. I have a bad habit of over thinking these challenges. Thanks for being so thoughtful and willing to help. I greatly appreciate it.

my answer:

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class LexicalAnalysis
    {
        public static Dictionary<string, int> WordCount = new Dictionary<string, int>();
    }
}

You may have read the directions a bit hastily:

• The challenge asked you to "Create a public field", but you declared yours private.
• The challenge asked for a "field named WordCount", but you named yours _WordCount (with underscore).
• The challenge said to use *"keys of type string and values of type int, but you have char and string.
• When creating an object instance with "new", remember to put the parentheses after the constructor.
• What's that line "public static string toInt(string input) { }"? It seems unrelated to the challenge.

I know now, lol. Thanks. I'm actually on the MSDN website working on this now. Here is the latest I am working with.

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class LexicalAnalysis

        {
        public Dictionary<string, int> WordCount = new Dictionary<string, int>();   
    }

class CollIInit
{
    Dictionary<int, empty> empty = new Dictionary<int>()
    };
}

I'm setting in class right now and can't do videos, so I'm looking it up on the MSDN site. I should have taken Java... wrapping my head around this has been a huge struggle.