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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Oxford English Dictionary Information
5,829 words, approx. 19 pages
 The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language.[1] It is not the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of 1998. As... 
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 The Economist (US) The Oxford English Dictionary.
04/01/1989: 833 words, approx. 3 pages THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY This second edition of the OED is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. The first edition was dedicated, halfway through its compilation, to Queen Victoria, and on completion to George V. The greatest historical dictionary in English or any other... summary from source:
The Economist (US) New Oxford Dictionary of English.
08/22/1998: 1,017 words, approx. 3 pages A cloudburst of dictionaries LORD, what a to-do there has been about the New and allegedly anything-goes Oxford Dictionary of English (Oxford University Press, K29.99). Purists have harrumphed, the pound-a-liners have potboiled on the op-ed pages, the humble hack or hackette-yes, they... summary from source:
 Tango I Do (Not Know What I'm Doing)
6/30/2007: 2,513 words, approx. 8 pagesThe night nurse came and woke me where I slept fitfully on top of the musty Peter Max coverlet in my sisters’ old bedroom. The clock glowed 4:30 a.m. “Your daddy passed just now,” she said, as I stumbled up the stairs into my parents’... summary from source:
Car and Driver Maybe You Thought The Last Generation Was Too Subtle?
5/25/2006: 3,404 words, approx. 11 pagesWhen cultural historians get around to sorting out the golden age of bling, we'd bet big money this vehicle will emerge as the era's poster car. It's not a distinction Cadillac set out to achieve, and the term makes at least some folks from the...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Review by James M. Garnett
4,044 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following review, Garnett compares and contrasts Murray's A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles to An Anglo-Saxon Dicitonary, finding Murray's work the more valuable.
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Critical Review by W. H. Wells
3,134 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following review of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Wells praises the breadth of Murray's endeavor, but finds that Murray sometimes sacrifices accuracy in favor of originality.
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Critical Review by Anthony Burgess
3,118 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following review of K. M. Elisabeth Murray's Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary, Burgess expresses an appreciation for James Murray's modern approach to language.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 83%Comparing Oxford Dictionaries
783 words, approx. 3 pages
There is a variety of books to choose for the learners of the English language. One of the most useful is a translation dictionary, which is very informative and up-to-date as it is based on the British National Corpus. The two dictionaries of the Oxford University Press: Illustrated and Advanced Learner's, use this database. We compare the entries of these two dictionaries: the form, the content and the combinability of a word.
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