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tlord1986
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 Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:14 am Post subject: Monolingual Dictionaries |
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| I'm looking for a good monolingual learners' dictionary. I know that there are quite a few options, and I'm not sure which is best. Can someone recommend a good one for me? |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| Which language? |
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tlord1986
Joined: 18 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| English. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I like the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English; mainly because it lists word frequency as well as meaning and pronunciation. High frequency words are marked as such (S2 = among the 2,000 most frequent words of spoken English, W3 = among the 3,000 most frequent words of written English etc.). The dictionary marks words up to the most frequent 4,000 word level which is a great help deciding which are the most useful words to teach/learn. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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can't beat the old oxford dictionary.
I find the webster has too many spelling mistakes, things like gray instead of grey and mold instead of mould  |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| blackjack wrote: |
can't beat the old oxford dictionary.
I find the webster has too many spelling mistakes, things like gray instead of grey and mold instead of mould :lol: |
oxford instead of Oxford?
lol
I also like the Collins edition I have at home; whenever there is an obscenity on a page, the editors have managed to get it on* as a headword.
Dictionaries are fun! sad, but true.
*Pun intended |
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