<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Green terms color new dictionary volume]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by ClickClickClank http://www.grist.org/article/word1/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:31:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/word1/1 Actually...

...the Shorter Oxford is two volumes, each as big as the New Oxford American. The 'Shorter' comes from it being the shorter version of the complete OED, which is 23 volumes, and the most comprehensive (and expensive) dictionary there is.

God knows what's in it - I've never come across a word of regular English not in the Shorter OED.

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...the Shorter Oxford is two volumes, each as big as the New Oxford American. The 'Shorter' comes from it being the shorter version of the complete OED, which is 23 volumes, and the most comprehensive (and expensive) dictionary there is.

God knows what's in it - I've never come across a word of regular English not in the Shorter OED.

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