http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/05/24/another-can-be-the-perfect-word-or-superfluous/ Can't get enough words about words with Sunday's newspaper column? Then this blog's for you, my word-craving friend. I work the late shift, so don't look for responses until the next day. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/05/24/another-can-be-the-perfect-word-or-superfluous/#comment-38 Barry Wood Thu, 29 May 2008 04:51:02 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/05/24/another-can-be-the-perfect-word-or-superfluous/#comment-38 A few words about dictionaries: English is in a period of rapid growth. Traditional dictionaries (actual books) can't keep up, but new editions are appearing more quickly. I'm partial to Webster's New World College Dictionary because it's the one I've used since the start of my career in journalism. The first version, Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, appeared in 1951. A condensed college version appeared two years later. The second edition was published in 1970, and the third in 1988. The current one, the fourth, was rolled out in July 1999. I figure a fifth edition is due soon, and I'll be buying it. There also are specialty dictionaries -- for slang, for example. They're all good -- especially in the hands of people who actually use them. A few words about dictionaries:
English is in a period of rapid growth. Traditional dictionaries (actual books) can’t keep up, but new editions are appearing more quickly.
I’m partial to Webster’s New World College Dictionary because it’s the one I’ve used since the start of my career in journalism.
The first version, Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language, appeared in 1951. A condensed college version appeared two years later.
The second edition was published in 1970, and the third in 1988.
The current one, the fourth, was rolled out in July 1999.
I figure a fifth edition is due soon, and I’ll be buying it.
There also are specialty dictionaries — for slang, for example.
They’re all good — especially in the hands of people who actually use them.

]]> http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/05/24/another-can-be-the-perfect-word-or-superfluous/#comment-33 Leonardo duh Vinci Wed, 28 May 2008 11:12:15 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/woodonwords/2008/05/24/another-can-be-the-perfect-word-or-superfluous/#comment-33 An other and another and other words call for a dictionary and a linguist. It is difficult to keep uo with new words. Is there an "up-to-date" dictionary on the market? An other and another and other words call for a dictionary and a linguist. It is difficult to keep uo with new words. Is there an “up-to-date” dictionary on the market?

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