Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage, Second Edition


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Selling more than 58,000 in its first edition, Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage has been revised and brought right up-to-date to contain today's 4,000 most commonly used words. Definitions are simple and brief, utilizing only words contained within the dictionary's pages. If you want to learn English as spoken by Americans, this dictionary is for you. It's easy to follow and absolutely indispensable. Each entry offers at least one example sentence, identifies parts of speech, and lists multiple meanings.







The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style


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Features more than one thousand primary entries, along with more than two thousand examples of questionable style and the misuse of language, providing valuable lessons for students, writers, and speakers.




The Oxford Dictionary of American English


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The Workbook helps students get the most out of the Dictionary.




A Dictionary of Modern English Usage


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Right, Wrong, and Risky


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Provides straightforward information about American-English word usages, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, in an up-to-date guide that provides etymologies for common terms and phrases, word lore, and discussions of why certain rules are disputed by usage authorities. 15,000 first printing.




Oxford English Dictionary


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The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.




Cambridge Dictionary of American English Camb Dict American Eng with CD 2ed


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The best American English learner's dictionary is better than ever, with new words and new features. Based on the world's largest corpus of American English, the book and CD include up-to-date vocabulary, easy-to-understand definitions, helpful usage notes, and examples that show how English is really used. The CD-ROM features spoken pronunciations for every word, advanced search features, a thesaurus, and instant lookups of words on Web pages and other documents.







A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English


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First published in 2010 . Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.