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Title: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary by William R. Trumble, Lesley Brown, Angus Stevenson, Judith Siefring, Oxford University Press ISBN: 0-19-860457-2 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent reference
Comment: This two-volume dictionary is a perfect choice for most people. Single volume dictionaries, such as the American Heritage and New Oxford American English, pale in comparison.
There are no pictures and very few biographical entries. I find this a plus as it allows for more headwords.
The layout is very clean and easy on the eyes. Judicious spacing makes the bold headwords easy to find.
It should be noted that this edition replaces the fourth edition New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent choice for word lovers
Comment: I ordered this 2-volume dictionary after purchasing, and subsequently returning, the latest edition of the Compact Oxford Dictionary. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary is very easy on the eyes and quite a good browsing dictionary. The micrographic Compact Oxford Dictionary is certainly more exhaustive but is a real pain in the gluteus maximus to use (e.g., the eyestrain it inflicts, even with the big magnifying glass, etc). Oxford Publishing made a big, big mistake in going from a two-volume set with four OED pages reproduced onto each page to a one-volume tome with nine OED pages reproduced onto each page when they published the second edition of the Compact Oxford Dictionary.
Anyhow, the Shorter Oxford is a happy compromise if you haven't the shelf space or the budget for the 20-volume OED. However, I somehow feel that a bit too much page space is wasted in this latest edition. I realize they allowed for a lot of space between entries, margin area, etc in order for the book to be more eye-friendly, but I'd rather they'd used more of the available space to include more of the contents of the OED.
Nevertheless, this is an excellent reference, and certainly better than any ordinary dictionary for home, school, or office.
(However, I must admit I'd someday like to own the full 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary(OED))
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Writer's Resource (But, Watch Out ...)
Comment: I'll agree with everything that most reviewers have to say about the Shorter OED. If you're a serious writer, it's a valuable resource, since it includes all of the words in common English use since 1700, plus words included in earlier major writers such as Shakespeare. It's particularly useful if you're interested in the history of words and how definitions or spellings may have changed over time. In my own writing, I deal with material that spans different eras that may be in a document or part of an era I'm writing about. If the historical aspect is less important to you than just getting a reference for spelling, pronunciation and meaning, I'd recommend Merrium Webster's or American Heritage.
Although a great resource, I did find a printing defect in my copy -- pages 3704-3693 are bound upside down.
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Title: The New Oxford American Dictionary: Indexed by Frank R. Abate, Oxford University Press, Elizabeth Jewell ISBN: 019511227X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Roget International Thesaurus Indexed Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer ISBN: 0060185759 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English by Christine A. Lindberg ISBN: 0195133757 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 Vol. Set; Thumb Indexed Edition) by Lesley Brown, William Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Princ Little ISBN: 0198612710 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
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Title: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition by University of Chicago Press Staff ISBN: 0226104036 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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