The first volume in an update series for owners and users of the OED Second Edition in its full, compact, or CD-ROM form. Each volume in the series will provide complete entries for new or newly resea
Tolkien's first job, on returning home from World War I, was as an assistant on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary. He later said that he had "learned more in those two years than in any othe
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar is a straightforward and accessible A-Z guide of the diverse and often complex terminology of English grammar. It contains over 1,600 entries with clear and co
