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Volume 2 - October 1986

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Classics of their kind
Tom McArthur
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17 October 2008, pp. 45-46
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No second Conrad
Simon Kensdale
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17 October 2008, p. 43
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Of or pertaining to dictionaries
John Ayto
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17 October 2008, pp. 39-40
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Dictionaries are often taken for granted. If people are not good at using them, they tend to blame themselves and not the lexicographers. Think again, say JOHN AYTO, a practising lexicographer, and GEORGE WALFORD, an ex-bookseller.

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Why not back-form while dialoguing?
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Titles that don't quite fit
David Crystal
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17 October 2008, pp. 46-47
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An augment of quiet passion
Tom McArthur
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Power to the people!
George Walford
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ENG volume 2 issue 4 Cover and Front matter
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These are the good news
Maggie Cook
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17 October 2008, pp. 41-42
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Nymphs and syntax
Ron Scott
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A scupulous fairness
Maggie Cook
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Applying linguistics
Tom McArthur
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Quite a decent snapshot
Bill Palmer
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A singular good read
Simon Kensdale
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