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Bought to replace an old edition that was starting to fall to bits, this has exceeded expectations in layout, readability and content. The Concise Oxford remains the gold standard in practical comprehensive English dictionaries for me. I also prefer the physical paper dictionary - so much easier to access and to read under bright or dull light than an online one.
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I had an old edition dating to 1990 - and it was time to update. But I was very dismayed to see that 1) the italics of entries were gone totally - and as a copy-editor, that's really unhelpful. I have no idea why this happened, it makes zero sense. So we don't know whether a foreign word is to be spelled in italics or whether it has now been incorporated as a standard word - e.g. pro forma, or de facto etc., and 2) we no longer know whether verbs are transitive or intransitive! Why? That feature was, for me, essential. So basically - feels like I'm getting less for my money, a dumbed-down version.
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A source of endless interest. Perhaps I'm 'nerdy' but I enjoy finding new words and looking for specific ones, and when I do that I end up looking at other words! A great time consumer. I bought this to update on my copy dating from 1967 from which so amny of today's words are missing. Words easy to find with the thumb tabs.. Clear font + emboldened text helps with finding what I want.
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The Oxford dictionary is easy to read. Easy to find entries and easy to understand. Get one from Speedy Hen and you will get excellent service.
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Very predictable throughout and didn't like the ending (Zyzzyva) thought it should have ending on Zzzzzzz instead. That said, it's one of those books that everyone should take a look at at one point or another.
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