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Tom Thomas Burns McArthur

    Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
    Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs and their Idioms
    Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English
    • The Concise Companion to the English Language is a language lover's dream. Tom McArthur unveils a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language as well as language in general. He covers a variety of topics, from Abbreviations to split infinitives, andincludes substantial entries on key subjects such as African English, etymology, Pidgin, poetry, sexism, and slang. In addition, the Companion provides bibliographies for the larger entries, generous cross-referencing, etymologies for headwords, a chronology of English from Roman times to 1990, andan index of peopple who appear in entries or bibliographies. Packed with delightful surprises, the Companion will be an invaluable resource and a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the English Language.

      Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language2005
    • Designed to help students of English to increase their vocabulary, this contains over 15,000 entries covering 130 topics, from life and animals to war and peace. It brings together words with related meanings and lists them in sets to show the differences and similarities between them.

      Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English1985
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