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Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th Edition | 
| From: Oxford
Category: Software
Buy New: £21.04
New (2) Used (1) from £21.04
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3479
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Nt, Windows Xp, Windows Me, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows Me
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0198610025
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
EAN: 9780198610021
ASIN: 0198610025
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW and IN STOCK - dispatched within 48 hours from the UK
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| Customer Reviews:
 Greatly improved; a pleasure to use! June 21, 2008
T. D. Welsh (Basingstoke, Hampshire UK)
This new version is not only updated to include the contents of the 11th printed edition; its software has been rewritten to provide a more pleasant, intuitive user interface. With nearly quarter of a million words, spoken pronunciations, usage advice, and explanations of where US and British usage differs, it's already outstanding value. Because you only see a single window on your screen (or a minimized icon) it's surprising to learn that the printed book runs to over 1600 pages - all of which are at your fingertips through the search field. br / br /You get the first 14 pages of the printed dictionary as an indexed PDF, with the introduction, explanations of how everything is laid out, and sections on grammar, spelling and inflection, and pronunciation. Appendices cover countries of the world (each with its capital, area, population, and currency), Prime Ministers and Presidents, Kings and Queens, weights and measures, chemical elements, the solar system, collective nouns, types of language, English in Electronic Communication, and a Guide to Good English. Some of these might seem quirky or irrelevant, but it's nice to have so much information at your fingertips. br / br /The COED still runs in 16-bit compatibility mode, but that is transparent to the user. It can be run from the CD or (more conveniently) installed to hard disk; and there are options to have it running permanently in background, and even to bring up the relevant entry when you double-click on any word in common applications such as Word or your browser. Two text sizes are available - slightly bigger and slightly smaller - but neither is hard to read for anyone with reasonable vision. The copy feature is slightly eccentric, but easily understood and (the main thing) it works fine. br / br /It may be worth stressing that the COED is the definitive reference to *British* English, although it does a good job of identifying American variants and usage. (Indeed, it's particularly useful if you need to use both "dialects" and want to confirm which words end in "-ize" instead of "-ise", for example).
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