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Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (Thesaurus **)
by: Oxford Dictionaries
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Rating:  - GO LET IT LOOSE
If you write a bit, have one of these by your side. In a short time it will become an essential writing tool, able to turn even the most unpromising material into something appreciably better.
I'm not particularly interested in the specifics of the OXFORD PAPERBACK THESAURUS, save to say that Oxford, and possibly Collins, are the best of its type. I'm just glad it fits into my back pocket and does what it says on the tin, so to speak. And that's the bottom line: this is an excellent ... Read More
Rating: - A valuable addition to your (travel) library
The big hardback thesauri are too big, and the mini or Gem thesauri are too small for your needs. Then look no further than The Oxford Paperback Thesauarus (OPT). According to the introductory blurb, it is an abridgement of the New Oxford Thesaurus of English published in 2000. In fact it is 95% of said New Oxford Thesaurus of English. Having downloaded the pdf file with a sample of the larger thesaurus and compared it to this OPT, I was amazed. For a fraction of the price you do indeed get an ... Read More
Rating:  - Probably the best of a poor showing of thesauri
The work is a reasonable attempt to produce a useful reference work. It suffers to some extent from the author's attempt to put more into a thesaurus than is strictly necessary. When I use one it is because I wish to find a word-equivalent which may be synonymous or simply be loosely related. I do not want a list of examples of how to use the word, or someone elses's view of how the various words should be grouped or categorised, nor do I want a dictionary. I don't want someone else's opinion about ... Read More
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780198614258
ISBN: 019861425X
Label: OUP Oxford
Manufacturer: OUP Oxford
Number Of Pages: 976
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Sales Rank: 1994
Studio: OUP Oxford
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