'It is, of course, the second edition of the greatest dictionary ofall'
William Russell, Glasgow Herald
'The dimensions of the dictionary areawe-inspiring. A wonderfully versatile research tool'
The Economist
'The alpha, the omega, and some 464,000 more words besides.Incomparable.'
The Sydney Morning Herald
'a near miracle of data processing ... athorough-going revision of the greatest dictionary of the English language ...OED2 is a work that no serious researcher can afford to ignore'
Peter Baker, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Notes and Queries, March 1991
Readership: Anyone who reads and uses the English language.
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limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations,
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possible at the time the catalogue was compiled.