The 20-volume, 750 pound, 126-year old dictionary may no longer be made available in print format. The digital edition now gets about 2 million hits a month from subscribers that pay $295 a year for service in the U.S. The print dictionary, on the other hand, runs $1,165. The new third edition will probably not be ready for another 10 years, considering the enormous task of revising and updating the work. The decision to release a print version will be made at that time.
The OED is the authoritative guide to the history of English speech........it traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period and includes 2.5 million example quotations of word usage.
Associated Press
The OED is the authoritative guide to the history of English speech........it traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period and includes 2.5 million example quotations of word usage.
Associated Press
The TCC LRCs do own the print edition of the OED and the subscription on-line edition of the OED is also available to TCC students and faculty.
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