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Peter Sokolowski at Merriam-Webster Dictionary talks about a billion “lookups” a year - CMOS Shop Talk
Peter Sokolowski at Merriam-Webster Dictionary talks about a billion “lookups” a year - CMOS Shop...-Webster Dictionary talks about a billion “lookups” a year Chicago Manual / January 12, 2016 Peter...Twitter). In addition to attending professional and academic conferences to talk about dictionaries ...

The editors of the newest University of Chicago Spanish–English Dictionary talk to CMOS - CMOS Shop Talk
The editors of the newest University of Chicago Spanish–English Dictionary talk to CMOS - CMOS Shop...University of Chicago Spanish–English Dictionary talk to CMOS Chicago Manual / November 5, 2012 The...editors of The University of Chicago Spanish–English Dictionary talk about their process creating...

Wordnik founder Erin McKean talks about her ideal dictionary - CMOS Shop Talk
Wordnik founder Erin McKean talks about her ideal dictionary - CMOS Shop Talk CMOS Shop Talk From... dictionary Chicago Manual / March 2, 2015 Erin McKean is the founder and CEO of Wordnik. Before Wordnik..., she was the editor in chief of American dictionaries for Oxford University Press. She has stated...

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FAQ Item CMOS Q. I know that Chicago recommends the dictionaries published by Merriam-Webster, but...as a writer based in Canada is it possible to opt for a dictionary of Canadian English and still be...are writing for a publisher that expects otherwise, it’s best to choose a dictionary that matches...

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FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. Is it correct now to use “woman” as an adjective? I know dictionaries ...list it as such, but dictionaries are reflectors of common usage, not arbiters of proper grammar. I...attributively. Moreover, even the most descriptive (as opposed to proscriptive) dictionaries tend to flag bad...

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? Merriam-Webster doesn’t even have the term in its dictionary! (The nerve.) It seems that other...online dictionaries do (and they also have a hyphen with “half-century”), but I thought it was odd that I...

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following specialized dictionary that has a single author? Aune, David E. The Westminster Dictionary ...Press, 2003. Would the footnote be 1. David E. Aune, The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament...end of the citation: 1. David E. Aune, The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early...

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FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. As an editor, I am usually a big fan of the dictionary, as well as a...generally obedient disciple. However, I was shocked to see that my dictionary allows “timely” to be... dictionary? A. Keep your dictionary, but change your approach. That use of “timely” is obscure, if not...

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cite an online dictionary and cannot find the proper citation format. A. Online dictionaries are... dictionaries and encyclopedias, are normally cited in notes but not in bibliographies. See CMOS 14.7...

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” or “greenlit”? A. Although Merriam-Webster.com’s dictionary includes the verb “green-light” as a...

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