Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

by Various, Lesley Brown (Editor)

Encompassing all words current in general English from 1700 to the present day, this dictionary provides more than 500,000 definitions and more than 83,000 quotations from seven thousand authors.

Genres: Reference, Language, Writing, Dictionaries, Nonfiction

3750 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long (over 50).

If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.

Note: WorldCat is an excellent resource for finding author information and contents of anthologies.

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[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

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