Re: Dictionary

["John Posada" <writer -at- tdandw -dot- com>]

Really...so that's why they have printed on the inside:

With definitions based on the Random House Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition"

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
writer[at]tdandw.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>
Subject: Re: Dictionary


>
>
> John Posada wrote:
>
> >Just a heads up...I was wandering through my local
> >Barnes&Noble retail store and I came across the
"Webster's
> >New Universal Unabridged Dictionary" 2nd edition for
$19.95
> >ISBN 0-7607-4975-2
> >
> >It's actually published by Barnes&Noble.
>
> And as a dictionary aficionado, my personal opinion is
that it's an
> off-brand dictionary at any price. Some of us are in the
Meriam-Webster
> camp. Some are in the American Heritage camp. Some insist
on the OED.
> There are even some fans of the Random House, the New
World, and a few
> others. But I've never heard anyone mention the Webster's
New Universal.
> That's not to say it isn't a truly fine dictionary that
will meet the
> needs of any writer; it's just to say that if you get into
a pissing
> match with your boss about the spelling of some word,
you're probably
> going to want to be using a dictionary your boss has heard
of.


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