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Writing clarity request

Writing clarity request

Posted Feb 20, 2025 7:58 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Writing clarity request by ssmith32
Parent article: Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust

*WHICH* OED?

The concise? The standard? Or the complete?

I'm not sure how big the complete is, but I'd love a copy. Only snag is, it would probably take up a bookcase all by itself :-)

Cheers,
Wol

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Paper copy of the full OED

Posted Feb 20, 2025 10:31 UTC (Thu) by farnz (subscriber, #17727) [Link]

I just looked at the OED paper version online. The "complete" is 20 volumes, and currently has three "additional" volumes to get up to date.

Writing clarity request

Posted Feb 20, 2025 13:32 UTC (Thu) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link]

The complete 20-volume set. It does take up a hefty amount of shelf space -- but it's worth it. I wish that the online subscription wasn't so pricey -- though looking at it now it seems to have come down a bit. (It's $100 a year. At that price I'm almost tempted, it used to be north of $200 if I remember right.)


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