Author: Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 2738

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Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 820

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A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.

Author: Noah Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1122

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Author: Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 0877792011
Category : Dictionaries, Polyglot
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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An English language dictionary containing over 470,000 entries.

Author: Herbert C. Morton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521558693
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals that was virtually unprecedented in its scope and intensity. This is the first full account of the controversy, set within the larger background of how the dictionary was planned and put together by its editor-in-chief, Philip Babcock Gove. Based on original research and interviews with the people who knew and worked with Gove, this is a human story as well as the story of the making of a dictionary. The author skilfully interweaves an account of Gove's character and working habits with the evolution of the dictionary. The reception given Webster's Third - now widely regarded as one of the greatest dictionaries of our time - illuminates public misconceptions about language and the role of dictionaries.

Author: Rh Value Publishing
Publisher: Random House Value Pub
ISBN: 9780517118887
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1854

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Author: Editors of Editors of Webster's New World College Dictionaries
Publisher: Webster's New World
ISBN: 9780358126614
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1728

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Webster's New World College Dictionary is a favorite of newsrooms and copyeditors nationwide, and it is the official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook.This dictionary features a clear and accessible defining style, abundant synonym notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions, and authoritative guidance on usage and style points. It also includes extensive coverage of Americanisms (words, phrases, and senses coined by an American or first used in the United States). It has added nearly 5,000 new entries, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics, and law. Tens of thousands of revisions have been made to existing senses, to bring them up-to-date and to reflect current usage. A reference supplement includes: Rules of punctuation, Roman numerals, Calendars, Monetary units, Currency symbols, Names for large number, Books of the Bible, Meteorological data, Commonly used weights and measures, Planets of the solar system, Geologic time scale, and Periodic table of the elements.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760702888
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The dictionary entries are based on the second edition of the Random House dictionary of the English language.

Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 9780877793700
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1184

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Find the right word every time with this indispensable guide! Concise definitions pinpoint meanings shared by synonyms. More than 275,000 word choices, examples, and explanations. Sample sentences and phrases for each synonym at its own entry clarify how words are used in context. Alphabetical lists may also include related words, idiomatic phrases, near antonyms, and antonyms. A perfect companion to the best-selling Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed.

Author: Noah Webster
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015640177
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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