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Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. I could get lost in the pages of a dictionary, skipping from one definition to another to see how long a chain I can make of words I didn't know. Slipcase shows a little wear, a few spots and marks, bottom shelf rubbed, sides a little bowed, provides strong protection and includes magnifier in drawer ( NB Heavy set over 8. Please try again later as the restrictions may be lifted, or contact your service provider if the issue persists. Its excellent coverage of essential English vocabulary and clear, accessible style make this revised edition of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English ideal for general everyday use.

He takes a keen interest in particular aspects of the vocabulary of English, including the language of Early Modern English non literary documents (such as wills and inventories), the terminology of English grammar (the subject of a book he co-authored), the vocabulary of Anglo-Jewry, and the English of South Africa, where many of his extended family live. Blue boards rubbed in places, light wear to corners and spine ends, feint vertical crease to spines, pp clean, unmarked, pp secure in binding. The most fabulous dictionary of the English language (other than the complete edition of the Oxford).If I want to know what Boswell or Chaucer meant when they were using a certain word, all I had to do is look in this dictionary! Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications that are exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers.

For this, ladies and gentlemen, is the entire 17-volume OED scrunched up into one manageable volume, the replacement for which will not see the light of day until 2037.I just about cried at how long the definitions were and got hand cramps before I even finished copying down the firest one. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English is a one-volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. Throughout the dictionary text there are notes giving advice on the use of good English, and highlighting the differences between commonly confused words such as empathy and sympathy, and affect and effect, as well as thousands of example phrases showing words in context.

The Compact Edition of OED II captures all the wealth of scholarship found in the original edition in just one volume. Caută în cel mai mare magazin de cărți electronice din lume și începe să citești chiar astăzi pe web, pe tabletă, pe telefon sau pe dispozitivul tău eReader. There is really nothing like spending an hour on a snowy Sunday morning with a mug full of steaming coffee in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other, hunched over one of these volumes and just luxuriating in how surprisingly exhaustive the entry for the word "break" is, or realizing that that one time that I accidentally referred to something as being potentially "includible" and then immediately felt like a dope for making up a word was unnecessary as there IS an entry for "includible/includable", or, my gosh, the thrilling experience of learning the etymological roots of the word "ampersand".This volume comes in a slipcase with a magnifying glass and a new user's guide which explains the conventions of the OED. Put aside the Rhyming Dictionary, the Crossword Dictionary, Blacks Law Dictionary, and certainly anything claiming to be a dictionary that has the word 'College' or 'American' on the front cover or the spine.