Now available in paperback, this is a complete one-stop guide to the meaning and use of English words. A unique reference on the English language, it presents both a dictionary and a guide to correct usage in the same volume. BL Over 100,000 clearly explained definitions and entries BL Pronunciations given for thousands of awkward words BL A detailed subject by subject guide to the rules of English grammar, spelling, meaning, pronunciation, and punctuation This book is intended for general, trade, home, school and office.

 

This book is aimed at the following children: secondary school , university .

There are 630 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 1996 by Oxford University Press .

About the Editor: Maurice Waite is editor of The Little Oxford Dictionary and the Oxford Spelling Dictionary. Maurice Waite is the editor of The Oxford Spelling Dictionary and the seventh edition of the Little Oxford Dictionary. Edmund Weiner is Deputy Editor of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary. Andrew Delahunty is, with Edmund Weiner, editor of The Little Oxford Guide to English Usage.