Concise Oxford English Dictionary | List Price: $49.95
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Binding: Hardcover
Good enough [Posted on 2007-01-09]
This dictionary is complete and good enough for what I want. I am totally satisfied!
Excellence [Posted on 2007-04-10]
The delivery was quick, and the book in perfect shape. I enjoy ordering from Amazon because their website gives you a lot of choice, you know what you are getting, the price is good - it is just an all 'round good experience!
Not exactly what I'd hoped for... [Posted on 2007-05-14]
I am an English major and getting ready to go into a Master's degree. I had done extensive research on concise OED's and thought this one sounded the best. I was really hoping to get more backround info on words and more complete definitions. Perhaps there are too many words and just not enough pages! I am still happy to have it and have used it, but it is better for Boggle than anything so far!
A most awkward pronunciation guide [Posted on 2008-02-11]
The International Phonetic Alphabet is not the pronunciation guide I grew up with. The "o" sound in "no" is depicted by an upside down and backward "e" followed by an upside down Greek omega. Since it is a British dictionary, the "a" in "bath" is pronounced like the "ar" in "arm", not like "a" in "pat". I use a whole lot more "r" in my pronunciation than a proper Englishman would, too. Stress marks precede the accented syllable with secondary accents depicted by a comma. Syllable divisions are not shown. With the pronunciation key only on pages xv and xvi of the introduction, instead of on every page, pronouncing a new word is a challenge.
I use this dictionary only when I can't find a word in my American Heritage Dictionary. It helped with "grimoire" and "dog-end".
Non-Fiction [Posted on 2008-04-08]
Not many people can afford the five figure sum (or the floor space) for the complete oxford dictionary, or even the yearly subscription, so some other version is going to be quite popular.
This is a common edition for the world's most influential dictionary.
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