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I use this dictionary as the reference book for our writers group. It has all the information we need to settle any questions.
What's important must answer the question of how useful the work is as a reference book. It seems to me that the New World is the final authority of words and their definitions of words of the English language and unlike its competitor, the Oxford, the New World is slanted to American usage, although it clarifies cases where words behave differently in Great Britain.
First of all, it's loaded with information. More than 1,700 pages are packed into the volume, boasting some 300,000 definitions.
I've been using this dictionary for nearly 60 years and I can tell you from personal and professional experience that it is the dictionary of choice. It's the official dictionary of the Associated Press.
The definitions are clear and precise, listing alternate definitions for various uses. It's one of the few dictionaries that maintains several pages that explain how the entries work.
It's kept up to date regularly, which makes it a current authority on language.What's important as a reference book is not who makes it or what that publisher's reputation is, but rather how practical the reference work is to use and how useful it can be as a resource.
The Dictionary was in very good condition, but it was advertised as a book with a CD-ROM, which was part of the reason I chose it. However, when the package arrived, there was no CD-ROM. Otherwise, all went well.
i have many dictionaries and i look forward to adding this one to my collection.
This was a birthday present for my brother and he loved it. He was very excited to receive this from his big sister.
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