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 No.9827>>9844 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]

What happens in a grammar thread?

You learn grammar and new words.

Can you be more specific?

Sure, I may, and I will.

Learn synonyms; expand vocabulary usage.

Post your stories; Get grammatical advice.

Get questions about concepts you had forgotten answered.

 No.9835>>9856 >>10660

What's the best college-level dictionary?


 No.9844>>9845 >>9851

>>9827 (OP)

meh, i'm a non native english speaker.

while i'd been studying english since i was 6. i barely remember actual grammatic rules. i just write. and i'm pretty sure i make embarassing mistakes.

every now and then a kind soul corrects me. it burns but i'm thankful.


 No.9845>>9851

>>9844

i'm sure i used a word or two or a structure unproperly in one of these posts.

feel free to rip them apart.


 No.9851>>9852

>>9844

Meh, I'm a non-native English speaker.

While I've been studying English since i was 6, I barely remember actual grammatical rules. I just write, and I'm pretty sure i make embarrassing mistakes.

Every now and then a kind soul corrects me. It burns, but I'm thankful.

>>9845

There ya go motherfucker


 No.9852

>>9851

thanks.

i know that my use of punctuation is bad.

it's a thing i do only when i type.

as for capitalization, i don't plan to start using it. not here at least. i'm too lazy for that.


 No.9856>>9857

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>>9835

Oxford English Dictionary


 No.9857>>9922

>>9856

why is oxford so based? they have the best classics publications, my favorite philosopher teaches there, they have the best dictionary… the list just goes on and on!


 No.9922

>>9857

Hundred-plus years of dictionary-ing which began at the height of the refined English Empire helps


 No.10650>>10651

Anyone know where you can find a cheap OED?


 No.10651>>10652 >>10653 >>10686

>>10650

There's a torrent of the OED2+supplements on the pirate bay. If you want an actual book, then OED2 micro graphically reprinted is the cheapest (still expensive though).

https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Complete-Reproduced-Micrographically-slipcase/dp/0198612583/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469648583&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=OED2+micgrographically+reproduced


 No.10652>>10653

>>10651

micrographically

Not

micro graphically

Stupid autocorrect.


 No.10653>>10659

>>10651

>>10652

Is it worth buying the physical copy of the previous compact edition?


 No.10654>>10655 >>10659

Does anyone have experience with grammar checking software? Beside Microsoft word. Any recommendations?


 No.10655

>>10654

The human brain is a pretty good grammar checking software.

:^)


 No.10659

>>10654

There is grammarly, but even it has issues, I've found. But that's not software (or at least not how I'd think of it).

>>10653

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "previous".

OED1 as far as I know was never reproduced micrographically. The original 20 volumes of OED2 is basically the same thing as in the OED2 micrographically-reproduced (OED2MR) but not as compact and heavy. OED2 might have a few supplements that occurred between the production of both, but from what I've learned, though I could be wrong, there are 3 supplements produced after OED2MR. The torrent appears to have these supplements from what I've seen in my use of it.


 No.10660>>10661

>>9835

Is buying a dictionary necessary anymore? It's faster to look it up on the computer or phone.


 No.10661>>10663 >>10694

>>10660

it is for dead languages. perseus a shit.


 No.10663

>>10661

Thank God for Liddell & Scott


 No.10686>>10688

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>>10651

>OED

>2424 pages and still requires fucking microscope to be read

>mffw

Funny thing is reading people's 1 star reviews on amazon (incredibly 9% of people rated it thus -- WHY? you ask yourself) and how they're all DRM-related.

DRM. Making the world appallingly shitty one media at a time.


 No.10688>>10689 >>10701

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>>10686

It's because the OED2 was original 20 volumes, you ignoramus. It is by far cheaper and compacter to buy the OED2MR than it is to buy all 20 volumes. It is the superior dictionary.


 No.10689

>>10688

*originally

and checked


 No.10694>>10696

>>10661

What's wrong with Perseus?


 No.10696>>10697

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>>10694

my biggest problem with perseus is the formatting; the words are too small and if you increase the font to a size where you can actually identify the diacriticals, the words wrap and you end up with 4 words per line. i mean look at all that wasted space.

the next problem is that there is too much useless shit cluttering up the screen that you cant fucking get rid of, preventing the words from covering more than 4 inches of screen per line, not to mention useless to the average reader.

then theres the search function; its shit. i never could figure out how to look up words there, i use another site to get me to the proper url. then when you do look up a word, you will get every single word you were looking for except the one you want, and modifying the search parameters does absolutely nothing. also, instead of just having an ancient greek keyboard onscreen, they have some goofy transliteration code that is more obtuse than a standard transliteration. its so obtuse you may as well consider it a third language you have to learn just to search for fucking greek words. again, i have to use an unafilliated to look up greek words on perseus, because it actually gives me a greek keyboard.

its a bethesda/elder scrolls situation: just because they are the only ones doing something does not mean they are doing it well.


 No.10697

>>10696

>instead of just having an ancient greek keyboard onscreen, they have some goofy transliteration code that is more obtuse than a standard transliteration.

You can always just add a Greek polytonic keyboard as an option in the language settings for your computer. It helps a lot if you want to use digital flashcards for practice.


 No.10701>>10702

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>>10688

so? I care why, again?


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>>10701

>goon humor




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