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Oxford English Dictionary

August 29, 2010 Oxford Dictionaries Online Posted by Willian Smith Dictionary by Oxford University Press. Answers questions on English grammar, spelling, and usage. Basic dictionary is free, premium content with [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 30, 2010 Internet Wiping Out Printed Oxford Dictionary Posted by Willian Smith It's been in print for over a century, but in future the Oxford English Dictionary ? the authoritative guide to the English language ? may only be available to peruse online. Publisher Oxford University Press said Sunday that burgeoning [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 31, 2010 Oxford English Dictionary May Go Online Only Send by Hannah Johnson The Associated Press reports that Oxford University Press (OUP) might published the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED3) online only, skipping the 20-volume print edition. The publisher released a statement saying, [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 29, 2010 AskOxford.com Posted by Willian Smith Searchable online version of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, as well as thesauri, quotations, foreign language dictionaries, a word of the day, and games. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 31, 2010 Oxford English Dictionary May Never Appear Again On Bookshelves Posted by Willian Smith Oxford English Dictionary may never appear again on bookshelves: " The publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary say that its unlikely the next edition will ever appear in printed form. The dictionary in question is the full-blown, multi volume edition rather than shorter versions. The second and [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 29, 2010 Oxford Dictionary Leaning Twards Internet Phasing Posted by Willian Smith Oxford Dictionary Leaning twards Internet Phasing LONDON ? It?s been in print for over a century, but in future the Oxford English Dictionary ? the authoritative guide to the English language ? may only be available online. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday that burgeoning demand f [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 30, 2010 Wallpaper World: Oxford English Dictionary Likely To Go ... Send by Bharat LONDON ? It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing the 126-year-old dictionary's next edition will be printed on paper [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 31, 2010 Peach Cobbler: What's In A Name? Send by Epicurious (blog) How did this word come to be applied to what The Oxford English Dictionary calls "a sort of pie?" No one really seems to know. The Joy of Cooking surmises [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 30, 2010 Web On The Verge Of Claiming Another Print Victim: The Oxford ... Posted by Willian Smith For those of you who own the latest version of The Oxford English Dictionary, you might want to consider tucking it away in a safe place. Generations from now, it could become quite the collection piece as the last print version [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 01, 2010 Welcome Return Of The Prodigal True Liberal Send by The Australian The Oxford English Dictionary presents quotations dated from 1375 to demonstrate how various spellings of the word were used to describe sciences, arts, [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 30, 2010 The Next ?Oxford English Dictionary? Could Be Online-Only ... Posted by Willian Smith The Next ?Oxford English Dictionary? Could Be Online-Only. via Mashable! Bad news for everyone out there who was eager to hold the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (that exceedingly [...] Read More >> [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 01, 2010 Internet May Phase Out Printed Oxford English Dictionary | Beeson ... Send by laughlin The digital version of the Oxford English Dictionary now gets 2 million hits a month from subscribers, who pay $295 a year for the service in the U.S.. In contrast, the current printed edition ? a 20-volume, 750-pound ($1165) set [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 29, 2010 Internet Phasing Out Printed Oxford Dictionary Send by www.argus-press.com An entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, defining a dictionary, pictured Sunday Aug. 29 2010. It's been in print for over a century, but in future the Oxford English Dictionary _ the authoritative guide to the English language _ may only be available to peruse online. Publisher Oxford University Press said Sunday that burgeoning demand for the dictionary's online version has far outpaced [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 30, 2010 Report: Oxford Dictionary Moving Toward Online-Only Model Send by news.yahoo.com The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary is reportedly mulling a switch to an online-only version of the 126-year-old book. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 30, 2010 Video Killed The Radio Star Posted by Willian Smith Oxford University Press is considering discontinuing the print version of the Oxford English Dictionary. What's killing the print dictionary? The same thing that killed your attention span, and your manners, and your marriage: The internet.You remember the Oxford English Dictionary? It was the 20-vo [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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