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Penguin Family Dictionary

Penguin Family Dictionary

by Robert Allen (Author)

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    Hardcover 2006

    $3.35
Synopsis

"The Penguin Family Dictionary" is the perfect family reference book for everyday use, exploring every aspect of the English language as it is used today. Compiled by Britain's foremost lexicographers, meticulously researched, with a wealth of useful additional features, and presented in a clear, large-print format, it is the ideal companion for every home. "Penguin Family Dictionary" is part of the "Penguin Reference Library" and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world making knowledge everybody's property.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 1056
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 06 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 0140515844
ISBN 13: 9780140515848

Author Bio
Robert Allen is an experienced lexicographer and writer on language, now working form Edinburgh. After ten years on the Oxford English Dictionary he edited a major new edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, was an associate editor of the Oxford Companion to English Language and directed work on Chambers 21st Century Dictionary. As a freelance writer and editor he has been a consultant for a number of major publishing houses. He has written an updated version of Fowler's Modern English Usage and has contributed articles on the modern use of English in English Today and other journals. He is the consultant editor for all Penguin English Dictionaries, and an honorary research fellow of the Department of English Language at the University of Glasgow.