If in doubt, please contact customer services or the software supplier to enquire afterĬompatibility before purchasing this item. That has been opened, and NHBS can therefore not refund such items. Please note that suppliers do not accept returns of sealed software Such as a 64-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7, this software may not function. Join 28,482 other followers Follow Stuart Aken on WordPress.Please note: this software was written and designed before 64-bit operating systems (OS) were introduced. Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English. New Nuttall Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms.Ģ3. Longman Companion to English Literature.Ģ1. Hart’s Rules for Compositors and Readers.ġ9. Bryson’s Dictionary for Writers and Editors.ġ1.
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.Ĩ. A Dictionary of Misunderstood Misused Mispronounced Words.ģ. I know nothing of the institution, but the list of possible career choices might be useful.Įarlier posts in the series can be found by clicking on the titles below.Ģ. It’s also a link to an online university, and therefore an advert for their services.
And you’ll find a friendly group on Facebook through this link.Īnd, for those with an interest in English and considering their future, here’s a link that suggests the many possible career opportunities open to those with a degree in English. Those learning the English Language will find help on pronunciation here. It’s served me well ever since I bought it.Įnglish is a complex language, made up of words from many countries, and borrows rules of grammar, punctuation and even style from the originating lands, which can make it interestingly familiar to learners but also frequently frustratingly baffling to the same students. This is a pretty comprehensive dictionary of the English Language and my ‘go-to’ source when I’m in need of a definition of a word. Greene “A little Robin Goodfellow of a man, full of elfish tricks.”’ Formerly also (of a thing), unmanageable. M18 Awriter of elegies.’Īnd carry on to the bottom of page 811, where we find: ‘ elegiast /(pronunciation guide I can’t copy here as it’s in a mixture of symbols)/ noun. Opened randomly at pages 810/811, we start with: The latest edition of that is the 2 nd edition, in 20 volumes, published in 1989, and currently available at the bargain price of £862.50 a snip! I would’ve loved the full Oxford English Dictionary. You can obtain a copy of the same edition (current), new, for £71.58 (list price £105.00). Smiths at the bargain price of £35.00 the normal purchase price being £60.00 at the time. I bought it new in 2007, and got to it only seconds before another keen wordsmith, as it was in a sale in W.H.
First published in 1933 by Oxford University Press. This is a set of two equal sized volumes presented in a stout card case, and both bearing a couple of long blue ribbons to mark pages selected by the user. Hardback, 3,743 pages, plus the preface, an eighteen age article ‘A brief history of English’, a twelve page ‘Guide to the use of the dictionary’, two pages of ‘Abbreviations’, a one page ‘Pronunciation guide’, two pages devoted to ‘Features of dictionary entries’ and a single page ‘Transliteration guide’. Continuing the description of books on words and language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here.īook 25: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 Volumes):
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