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<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">I too am awaiting the reply.<SPAN> </SPAN>I am unlikely to change my stance that the ORD 3<SUP>rd</SUP> ed. should be primary for British English and </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">the Merriam-Webster for American English.<SPAN> </SPAN>I once devoted a single hour in a Senior English class to a comparative study of </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">English language dictionaries.<SPAN> </SPAN>The word got out and my prep school students found no seats in the classroom because </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">prospective English teachers from the sponsoring university had taken all the seats.<SPAN> </SPAN>I made all of the university students leave until </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">my students were seated and let them argue over who got the ten remaining seats.<SPAN> </SPAN>The rest crowded around the door to listen.<o></o></SPAN></P>
<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">I do believe that there is a market for such a site.<SPAN> </SPAN><o></o></SPAN></P>
<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">It is not just a matter of strengths and weaknesses but choices; e.g., some dictionaries list the oldest meaning first; others list </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial;COLOR: navy;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">the most common meaning first.<SPAN> </SPAN>The important thing is knowing which does what.<o></o></SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal"><A name="_MailAutoSig"><FONT size="3"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Celtic;COLOR: navy;">N.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy;"><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Celtic;COLOR: navy;"><FONT size="3">Scott Catledge, PhD/STD<o></o></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Celtic;COLOR: navy;"><FONT size="3">history & languages<o></o></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><BR>--- In lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com, "Ivaylo Ivanov" <ivaylo@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Hi to all,<BR>> <BR>> Can you point me to a source with a description of all the major English Language (monolingual) dictionaries - namely, Oxford English Dictionary, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Collins Cobuild Dictionary, Macmillan, Cambridge, Merriam-Webster, etc.<BR>> <BR>> Especially sources that describe the differences between their editions, e.g. Oxford English Dictionary vs. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary vs. Concise Oxford English Dictionary, etc.<BR>> <BR>> Wikipedia fails to give a comprehensive information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolingual_learner's_dictionary<BR>> <BR>> What are the major strengths and weaknesses of the different publishers (Collins vs. Oxford vs. Longman vs. Cambridge, etc.)?<BR>> <BR>> Thank you in advance!<BR>><BR>
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