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The New Oxford Spelling Dictionary has been prepared in consultation with professional editors and proofreaders to offer the quickest and most authoritative reference for spelling and word division. It is the essential guidefor a wide range of people who work with the written word, whether on paper or in electronic form. The text was compiled using the unrivalled resources of Oxford Dictionaries' language research programme; it gives unambiguous and authoritative guidance on spelling and form for over 110,000 words, including capitalization, hyphenation of compounds, and irregular inflections. US and UK spellings are covered in full. It also includes thousands of people, places, and other proper names. Full coverage of word division, indicating both primary (preferred) and secondary breaks for every suitable word, makes the New Oxford Spelling Dictionary the only reference suitable for editors, typesetters, proofreaders, and copy writers needing to make authoritative and consistent decisions relating to line endings. Its use will contribute to high-quality and accurate editorial standards. The New Oxford Dictionary of Spelling has been freshly designed for ease of access to the information, and the new handbook size makes it ideal as a quick reference tool. Together with the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors and New Hart's Rules it is an essential part of every editor's and writer's toolkit.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This book is tremendous value and a really useful tool for anyone who writes, edits, proofreads etc. It is designed to facilitate a quick lookup for the spelling of 110,000 words including recommended word divisons (splitting a word at the end of a line of text). The two companion volumes that I would strongly recommend are the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers & Editors and New Hart's Rules. Three tools that will help your writing no end.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I use this book when there is no spell checker available, for example when I am putting lyrics under music. It is particularly useful for knowing where to break words when they are spread over several notes. For example - is it Mo-ther or Moth-er?
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This dictionary lacks a brief explanation of the words listed. It is only a long list of words with marks where to divide the words if they are the last words on a line. This could have been of limited help some years ago. Today, with electronic typesetting, where this information is included in the word processing program, it is only historic. I have a 1979 edition of The Pan Spelling Dictionary with explanations. It is so well thumbed that it is falling apart: that is why I was looking for something newer. I wrongly believed that Oxford Press would be a guarantee of quality. If in doubt about a word it has to be looked up up in a traditional dictionary, which makes this spelling guide completely superfluous. Unfortunately, Amazon does not let us look inside this book otherwise, I probably would not have bought it. If the words were defined; it would have been a very useful book indeed.
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