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Online Dictionaries Threaten Paper Ones

When I graduated from high school, my grandparents gave me a big dictionary and thesaurus. They got me through college splendidly; I still have them - but I keep them for sentimental reasons. In fact, I haven't bought a new dictionary in 20 years.

Lately I've taken to using The Free Dictionary - which has a thesaurus and links to several encyclopedias. It's never let me down - and I do put some pretty heavy demands on a dictionary, as a crossword freak.

So I wasn't surprised to see this article about the demise of the print dictionary, particularly this quote:

In the past four years, sales of English-language usage guides and dictionaries have plummeted by 40%, while other reference books, including maps, atlases and encyclopedias, have also shown a significant decline, according to research by Book Marketing Limited. Some publishers have even predicted that dictionary sales could cease completely.


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