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Rogets Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

Description: ISBN 0140515038 / Genre: Encyclopedias / Reference / The well-established reference book for those seeking alternate words and phrases.

Newest Review: ... conveys exactly the right shades of meaning. A Thesaurus is a writer’s palette. SO WHO HAD THIS MARVELLOUS IDEA? A ... more

... young Doctor by the name of Mark Roget. In order to aid his own literary compositions and lecturing he began in 1805 a ‘classed catalogue of words’ as he called it. Forty seven years later he published his Thesaurus, much expanded but still based on the same logical structure he had first devised in is youth. His Thesaurus has not been out of print since. In more recent times it has been updates and added to as new words and new meanings arose. It has been through innumerable editions and is still sellin...more

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Rogets Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: A 'Sideways' Dictionary (720 words)
by - written on 05/08/02 (Very useful, 267 readings)
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I don’t think many people get excited about reference books. Many of those that do will be here on DooYoo, natural home to lovers of the printed word. Still I doubt that most of you have looked longingly at the reference shelf of your local bookshop fainting over the latest edition of Collins 3-in-1 English reference. I haven’t either. Not yet. But I do love reference books. All that useful information lined up neatly at your fingertips. The feeling you develop as you learn to use them more efficiently of being truly in the know. One of the clever ones. We all need our small victories. WHAT IS A THESAURUS? A Thesaurus is a ... Read the complete review

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