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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Dictionaries
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 14:57:01 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 14:57:01 1985
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The term "knock-off Webster" is a little misleading.  Any dictionary
can call itself "Webster's," just as any playing-card rulebook can call
itself "Hoyle's." G. C. Merriam publishes very good dictionaries.  I
recommend just about anything they put out.  In particular, their
_Dictionary of Synonyms_ is a classic.

Any dictionary called "Webster's" not published by Merriam is probably
poor.  Conversely, most poor dictionaries are called "Webster's."  You
can judge for yourself.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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