New Oxford dictionary for writers and editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: xiv, 434 p. ; 19 cmUniform titles:
  • Oxford dictionary for writers and editors.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PE1628  .O866
Online resources: Summary: Deals with the common difficulties met by writers and editors, including information not available in standard dictionaries: spellings of difficult and unusual words; alternative and American forms; hyphenation; capitalization and abbreviations; foreign and specialist terms; proper names; titles of books and names of fictional characters. First published a hundred years ago as the Authors' and Printers' Dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors has long been the essential handbook for writers and editors. This new book has been prepared using the resources of Oxford dictionaries and with the advice of publishing experts.
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"Adapted from The Oxford dictionary for writers and editors, second edition (2000), edited and compiled by R.M. Ritter"--T.p. verso.

Edited by Angus Stevenson and Lesley Brown.

Deals with the common difficulties met by writers and editors, including information not available in standard dictionaries: spellings of difficult and unusual words; alternative and American forms; hyphenation; capitalization and abbreviations; foreign and specialist terms; proper names; titles of books and names of fictional characters. First published a hundred years ago as the Authors' and Printers' Dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors has long been the essential handbook for writers and editors. This new book has been prepared using the resources of Oxford dictionaries and with the advice of publishing experts.

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