Mr. Tom  +  780582 Mon, 15 Jun 09 10:28 PM Sorry, can't find the appropriate forum for this post--could anyone please transer this post to where it belongs? Thanks!     Today, I bought The American Heritage English as a Second Language (Houghton Mifflin Company) and Randon House Webster's Dictionary of American English.   They are very explicit [just like Amy's posts :)] and user-friendly. Have any of you seen any of the mentioned books? It would be nice to have a few comments from you...   Thanks,   Tom Mr. Tom Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Regular Member 708 Tom American English, Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, ESL, France, American, Apologies, Languages

	Cool Breeze  +  781434 Tue, 16 Jun 09 12:56 PM I have the Random House dictionary on my hard drive. I bought it from the USA a few years ago. Because of so many of thse dictionaries are sold, it was ridiculously cheap. I think the CD cost me about €30 including the postage! A similar dictionary of the Finnish language is so expensive that I don't want to buy one. (There are only 5 million Finns.) CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,929 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 United States, Countries, Languages

	Philip  +  781805 Tue, 16 Jun 09 05:24 PM I use The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, exclusively.  It is descriptive rather than prescriptive, and it offers many notes on usage, pronuciation and history.  I didn't know they had one specifically for second language learners.  You have chosen wisely, in both cases. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,612 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen United States, Countries, American, Languages, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Usages