Quote:
Originally Posted by mathil
I'd say that the dictionaries available on the Kobo ereaders are adequate for the average reader, sufficient for those who read in a foreign language they know well enough to read and understand a definition in a monolingual dictionary, and inadequate for those who are still at the stage of learning.
|
And insufficient for native or near-native speakers/readers. After more than 35 years of 300+ English books a year, the words I or others like me need to look up aren't in the Kobo dictionary. If they are in there, we don't need to look them up.
I don't own a Shorter Oxford and Compact OED for show; I actually use them.