Soanes, Catherine. Hawker, Sara. text dictionary enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2008 Rev. 3rd ed. monographic eng

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x, 1210 p. ; 22 cm. "This revised third edition finds words quickly with easy-to-use design; can get you extra help with thousands of real examples plus usage and grammar notes; and improves your writing with practical advice in the Effective English section. It contains 150,000 words, phrases and definitions."--BOOK JACKET. Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Preface iv -- Guide to the use of the dictionary v -- Abbreviations used in the dictionary x -- Compact Oxford English Dictionary 1 -- Effective English central section -- Note on trademarks and proprietary status -- This dictionary includes some words which have, or are asserted to have, proprietary -- status as trademarks or otherwise. Their inclusion does not imply that they have acquired -- for legal purposes a non-proprietary or general significance, nor any other judgement -- concerning their legal status. In cases where the editorial staff have some evidence that -- a word has proprietary status this is indicated in the entry for that word by the label -- trademark, but no judgement concerning the legal status of such words is made or implied -- thereby. edited by Catherine Soanes and Sara Hawker. Previous ed.: 2005. Includes index. English language Dictionaries PE1628 .C635 2008 423 0199532966 (hbk.) 9780199532964 (hbk.) 2008029988 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008029988.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008029988.html OCoLC 080225 20161205132652.0 4402630 eng