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The Oxford Dictionary stop typing?

It is possible that the third edition of the Oxford dictionary (Oxford English Dictionary), over which now employs 80 lexicographers, will be released only in digital format. In support of this assumption can cite the opinion of the executive director of Oxford University Press Nigel Portwood (Nigel Portwood), who said in an interview to share guardian.co.uk, that the market for printed dictionaries gradually declining. On the question of whether it would be published the third edition of the dictionary, Portwood said categorically: “I think it will not.” However, he also confirmed that the final decision on this issue yet.

Work on the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary was begun in 1989 and already holds about 28% of the total. The first edition of the dictionary came into print in 1884. In 1989 was published the second edition of the dictionary in twenty volumes. It costs $ 1165. For comparison, annual subscription to use the Internet version of the Oxford dictionary, which was released in 2000, worth $ 295.

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