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Old 03-18-2011, 07:10 PM   #30
delphin
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Originally Posted by doreenjoy View Post
I've been impressed with the Oxford English dictionary on the Sony as well. I looked up an odd flexed version of an antiquated term, and it found it no problem.
I noticed that the Sony did not seem to handle suffixed forms very well, until I switched from the "New Oxford American" to the "Oxford Dictionary of English".

The first option was only so-so, but the second "Oxford Dictionary of English" is much better, and not only handles modified forms of words better, but also manages to find UK spellings, plus lots of amazingly obscure words not included in the Americanized version.
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