The general dictionaries which we all have on our bookshelves and desks, and which we constantly consult, have one significant but little-considered characteristic in common: much of their contents is never used. When was the last time you needed to find out the meaning of the or but, the spelling of car or dog? And yet dictionaries compiled for adult native-speakers of English take care to include such straightforward words, which present no difficulty to dictionary users, and which consequently are seldom — if ever — looked up. As dictionaries descend the ladder of size past ‘concise’ to ‘pocket’, it is the less frequent and less familiar words that are omitted; the ones we all know are allowed to stay. Title: The Hutchinson Dictionary Of Difficult Words ISBN: 9780091782467 Publisher: Oxford : Helicon Year: 1998 Language: English Paperback: 308 Size: 23.64 MB Format: PDF-OCR Link download https://nitro.download/view/194043F086E5246https://nitroflare.com/folder/949760/L00VuZ2xpc2g=
