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Article: AHD3 - an oversize lode for the 90's. (3rd edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language) (Wood on Words) (Column)
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- Communication World
- Article date:
- August 1, 1992
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On August 20, word churners will be able to buy a major new dictionary, one with its own 800 telephone number in the continental U.S. and more than 200,000 boldface entry words and forms.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition (AHD3), displays more than 16,000 new words and meanings and 2,800+ idioms and phrasal verbs. (I don't know about you, but I had to look up phrasal verb; it's a combination of a verb and one or more adverbs or prepositions, e.g., phase in, catch on, take off, put up with.)
Houghton Mifflin, the Boston, Mass., publishing house, wants U.S. $30.95 for its oversize (8 1/2- x 11-inch) lade, which ...
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