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Does anyone know why the 8th edition stopped organizing the index by meaning, providing a well-chosen word to denote each series of references (as the index was organized in the prior editions), and now just lists a jumble of numbers? This totally destroys the usefulness of this reference book! Now I have to look up five, ten, or dozens of entries to find the correct word group instead of zeroing in on just a few.

violet_raven I nearly purchased the 8th edition until I discovered the very problematic index. The way the current 8th Edition index is set up renders it useless. …moreI nearly purchased the 8th edition until I discovered the very problematic index. The way the current 8th Edition index is set up renders it useless. It is either a publisher's manufacturing oversight or the Publisher is trying to save on print costs and not understanding the enormity of such an omission.(less)

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My question builds off of a previous user's question. Can anyone confirm that the 8th edition was the first edition to stop organizing the index by meaning? (So I can safely get the 7th knowing it is the last version to do this and not, perhaps, the 6th).

violet_raven Accordingly to an Amazon reviewer, the 7th edition still had the organizing concepts included in the index.

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