Style Guides: dictionaries
- The Macquarie Dictionary is the standard reference for Australian
English. The 2530-page third edition is now available. Various versions
including concise, pocket and thesaurus companion editions are also
available. Check out macquariedictionary.com.au
for more information. (ISBN: 0949757896)
- Macquarie publications also produce an online encyclopedia, MacquarieNet
at macnet.mq.edu.au
- The Penguin Dictionary
for Writers and Editors by Bill Bryson looks at minefield of common
spelling and grammatical problems and misunderstandings including foreign
names and phrases (eg. Florence v Firenze), abbreviations (eg. PLO =
Palestine Liberation Organisation), capitalisation (eg. SoHo in New
York but Soho in London) and British/American differences (eg. racoon
(UK) v raccoon (US)). Finding a copy can be hard but is worth the effort.
(ISBN: 0140512020 paperback, 0670837679 hardcover)
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