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For a little more money I'd go for the 2-volume Shorter OED, which gives you IPA, much more detailed etymologies, supporting citations, and better coverage of obsolete words.
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It loses marks for me for its irritating home pronunciation system and it's decidedly patchy on archaic or obsolete words and definitions.
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Its mission to include more unusual words makes it a great browse as well. As a single volume, though, this'll probably give you the mo Probably the best single-volume dictionary around. Probably the best single-volume dictionary around. I'd like to think he cheated somehow - the alternative is just too depressing to consider. After a few minutes, we were sure we'd found the perfect candidate. We got out a copy of Chambers and looked around for a word that would be as obscure and hard to spell as possible. So, naturally, we were sceptical, and we thought we'd test his ability. He just knew how words were spelled, that's all there was to it. I'm not sure how we got on to the subject of spelling, but G told us that he didn't need to check spellings. We were sitting around at a friend's place sometime in the 80s. Here's an anecdote to show how good he is. Again, my memory isn't bad, but he leaves me standing. He speaks at least five fluently and can get by in several more. He just knew how words were I'm not hopeless at languages, but one of my friends (let's call him G) totally puts me to shame. I'm not hopeless at languages, but one of my friends (let's call him G) totally puts me to shame. Yet again, how can this possibly be an underrated book? Bizarre.more I like to feel my battered copy though and mostly return to that. My last copy got rather battered and so I replaced it last year. I have other dictionaries, of course, but I happen to prefer this one. This for me, as I'm English (UK), has to be the best and most informative.
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How can you possibly exist without a dictionary, in fact several dictionaries. Yet again, how can this possibl I came across a poll today stating underrated books and this book was included. I came across a poll today stating underrated books and this book was included.