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Random House Webster's Spell Checker & Abbreviations Dictionary

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This dictionary is useful even in today's age of computer spell checkers. This paperback edition is portable and convenient to store and use. Not only does it contain the root word, but also the most used derivatives of that word. Also included is a section on accepted abbreviations. Highly recommended.

This handy reference book contains a lot of info for its size. Not just a list of words, it includes other sections such as "sound-spelling correspondences" and "words commonly misspelled" (spelling one of the most "misspelled" words correctly!). It throws in brief definitions when necessary, as in the distinction between "hare" and "hair." And if you want to know how George Bernard Shaw came up with spelling "fish" as "ghoti" it tells you that too. Grabbing this books is way easier than hauling out my beloved but heavy American Heritage when all I want to do is check the spelling of a word.

I use this every time I need to check on a word before I write it down especially in writing handwritten letters to my friend in the military and my mother in law. I came into this country just 3 years ago and have had to check my spelling before sending out any written notes. Spell check on the computer helps but I do need one when I have to do write hand written ones. Thank goodness this was available in the market at a great price too. If there were more items like these in the market and used often by the young and old, it would make a better place for all of us especially for literary inclined people and newly assimilated immigrants.