09-20-2004, 07:15 AM | #16 |
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Is the Concise OED more useful than Merriam Webster?
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Maybe I was a bit rash when praising the Concise OED without ever having looked at Merriam Webster. But the various OED dictionaries have a great pedigree - the OED itself (gigantic, and of more use to linguistic academics than normal people), the Shorter OED (a scaled down OED), the Concise OED (the kind of largish dictionary that would be of use to ordinary people), and the Pocket OED, which, I suppose, distills the wisdom of the bigger dictionaries but doesn't got into enough detail in its entries for my liking. The Concise is just about what I would want, especially as it's a brand new completely revised edition. I'm not a Mobipocket fan (I wish you could get these DRM ebooks in iSilo format instead of just Mobipocket, eReader and Adobe), but I have to admit that the Concise OED has been beautifully implemented. It is rather expensive, though in my opinion worth it because of the huge amount of information it contains and the amount of work that evidently went into it. To have a look at it go to here. Incidentally, I notice you've got a thread on the best (or more likely worst) format for DRM ebooks. I'll have a read of it and may add my tuppenyworth. |
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Thanks for pointing out the differences! I have never used anything but Merriam, probably because I went to an US university and as you pointed out, Merriam is US-based.
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