The Merriam-Webster English Dictionary,   ISBN:9780877799306

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My old Webster's Dictionary paperback was in 4 pieces and at least 20 years old, so I decided it was time to replace it with a new one. Wow! The new one is a lot bigger with new words. But, the print is so small it's hard to read. That was a disappointment.

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WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A DICTIONARY OTHER THAN IT HAS CURRENT WORDS A BIT HARD TO READ PRINT IS SMALL BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FOR A PAPERBACK.

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Print is microscopic. Need a really good magnifying glass to read this. Plan on returning this item and hope to find a large print edition.

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I can't believe I paid more for shipping and handling than the actual price. it arrived sooner than expected.

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Look up 'arbutus'. I've owned three editions of this dictionary. I've thrown out all three. After thinking myself "lazy" for not looking words up, I started again and realized that my frustration was due to searching in vain for words that I could only find the meaning of on-line. My latest dismal attempt was with the word 'arbutus'. I remembered seeing it as the name of a yearbook, so I looked it up in all three editions of Merriam-Webster. M-W once again wasted my time (arbutus - trailing arbutus). Fortunately, I had a Random House dictionary that not only cleared it up, it gave some interesting details. If M-W really wanted to be helpful they could have just defined it as 'a vine'. If the latest edition of this 'exhaustive' dictionary still defines it as 'arbutus - trailing arbutus, try the RH book company's dictionary or another helpful one. Pretty bad for a dictionary named after a man who spent his life researching words.