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Full Idea
Quine rejects the analytic on the grounds that it assumes a smaller unit of meaning than a total theory, and he does not think it makes sense to talk about such smaller units of meaning because there are no smaller units of empirical confirmation.
Gist of Idea
The analytic needs excessively small units of meaning and empirical confirmation
Source
report of Willard Quine (Two Dogmas of Empiricism [1953]) by Carrie Jenkins - Grounding Concepts 7.5
Book Ref
Jenkins,Carrie: 'Grounding Concepts' [OUP 2008], p.214
A Reaction
A very helpful account of the famous Quine argument, showing how it arises out of his particular holistic view of empiricism.