Random House Webster's Spell Checker & Abbreviations Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)

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THE AUTHORITATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND HANDY REFERENCE FOR WRITERS, STUDENTS, AND BUSINESSPEOPLE ALIKE

• 50,000 entries spelled and divided
  
• Preferred hyphenation breaks
  
• Up-to-date vocabulary featuring business and computer terms
  
• More than 10,000 abbreviations for common words and phrases
  
• Covers all areas of school, business, and science
  
• Includes acronyms, initials, and symbols
  

The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness.

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THE AUTHORITATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND HANDY REFERENCE FOR WRITERS, STUDENTS, AND BUSINESSPEOPLE ALIKE

50,000 entries spelled and divided
Preferred hyphenation breaks
Up-to-date vocabulary featuring business and computer terms
More than 10,000 abbreviations for common words and phrases
Covers all areas of school, business, and science
Includes acronyms, initials, and symbols

The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345414403
• ISBN-13: 978-0345414403
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,001,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This compact paperback is a giant of information, December 24, 1999

By A Customer

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This book is a lifesaver. It contains word forms that can't be found in large dictionaries or online dictionaries. When no one else can document a word spelling in their big ol' clunky dictionary, I just grab my handy Webster's Spell Checker..., and voilą!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy yet comprehensive., June 11, 1999

By A Customer

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book of words, November 13, 2001

By	"jackiesdog" (Sonora, Mexico) - See all my reviews

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.