Would you write council house or council-house, referendums or referenda, vice versa or vice-versa, razzmatazz, or razzamatazz, or razz-ma-tazz, or ...? This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of writing style and usage is an indispensable aid to writers, journalists, editors,
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R. E. Allen was formerly Managing Editor of Small Academic Dictionaries at OUP. He edited The Pocket Oxford Dictionary 7/e, and the COD 8/e, and was the compiler of The Oxford Spelling Dictionary.
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