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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Classic American Edition)
The standard reference tool for students, teachers, writers, editors, and anyone who needs to find just the right word is available in an up-to-date, redesigned edition at a sale price.
Hardcover, 705 pages
Published
February 24th 1988
by Random House Value Publishing
(first published 1852)
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Sorry, I just don't get it, understand it, grasp it, make the connection, dig it, comprehend it.
The reason each word exists is that it is its own thing. By definition the thesaurus is telling you to do something wrong: to replace a word with something that isn't quite right.
I'm not going to say any more, but I DEMAND that you go here and watch/listen to The Thesaurus Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHDn7_pmR...
It's brilliant, wonderful, fantasti...more
The reason each word exists is that it is its own thing. By definition the thesaurus is telling you to do something wrong: to replace a word with something that isn't quite right.
I'm not going to say any more, but I DEMAND that you go here and watch/listen to The Thesaurus Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHDn7_pmR...
It's brilliant, wonderful, fantasti...more
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I also have the New Roget's Thesaurus. Have no idea how I ended up with two of these.
Indispensable to a poet. Crossword solver. Anyone really.
Irreplaceable!
I will always feel sentimental towards this book - it's been with me since I was in Standard 9. And even though I rather use www.thesaurus.com these days, this book was there at the beginning, and I hope to be buried with it in my hand!
The older the Roget's the better, the words in my great-grandfather's 1920 copy would stimulate anyone to write with more glee and precision.
One can explore the 1911 Roget's online here:
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/rogets
One can explore the 1911 Roget's online here:
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/rogets
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