Penguin Family Dictionary

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Penguin Family Dictionary by Unknown

Explores every aspect of the English language. This work is compiled by Britain's foremost lexicographers, and is a useful family reference book for everyday use.
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.
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ISBN 13 9780140515848
ISBN 10 0140515844
Title Penguin Family Dictionary
Author Unknown
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2006-07-06
Number of pages 1056
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.