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Hardcover: 3742 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; Standard Sixth edition (20 Sep 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0199206872
ISBN-13: 978-0199206872
Product Dimensions: 30.8 x 24.6 x 14.6 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Next best thing to the 20 Volume Edition, 22 May 2008

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This review is from: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary - Deluxe Edition (incl. CD) (Hardcover)

If you cannot afford the �750 for the 20 Volume edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, or if you do not have the shelf space to put them upon, then this is the edition to get. The two great volumes contain nearly four thousand pages, more than half a million definitions, and eighty-five thousand quotations illustrating the meanings and context of many words. What more could you ask for?
Whenever I come across a new word or one I am not sure of the definition, I turn to my copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and find a lot more information than I expected. It is the kind of book that you think you only put on a shelf and refer to it "once in a blue moon", but when you discover all sorts of interesting words and etymologies of common words you want to look further. It is my number one reference book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good but problematic, 30 Jan 2009

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This review is from: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary - Deluxe Edition (incl. CD) (Hardcover)

It goes without saying that is an authoritative and enjoyable work. Ths CD is very useful. HOWEVER - The CD is spoilt by number points which detract greatly from its brilliance. The pronunciation guide is extremely useful, but not without errors. The phonetic guide appears loosely based on the IPA (intnl phonetic alphabet) though has some eccentric departures which only act to confuse if you are familiar with the system. The audio pronunciation help is generally good, though I have found occasions when the audio contradicts the phonetic spelling given (eg Byzantine - see for yourself).
Also, and this next part is extremely irritating, is that Oxford persists in using circular references. If you are not a lingusit or lexicographer, this basically means using the headword (the word to be defined) in the definition itself. For example the noun 'homage' - in def 3 is described as 'homage'. If you then go to the verb form of the word, the definition is given as 'Pay homage'. This is lazy lexicography and very disappointing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Shorter Oxford is just the best, 10 Feb 2009

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Simply the best dictionary around - well thought out, easy to use. Way better than the Internet.

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