English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ CHAPTER 3 IN THE DICTIONARY AIN’T IS ENGLISH FOR CAREERS, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical by Leila R. Smith Presentation design by Barbara Moran

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ After completing Chapter 3, you will Use dictionaries efficiently Understand the information in dictionaries Choose the best dictionaries for your needs Develop a dictionary “habit”

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ So who compiles dictionaries? They scour the world’s…

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ new meanings for old words pronunciations spellings books, magazines trade journals, brochures radio and TV programs speeches and conversations for new words meanings

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Dictionaries describe how English is used, including slang street language and other non-Standard words AIN’T has been in some dictionaries since 1951! Gnarly dude!

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Dictionaries don’t prescribe how to use words They just inform you how words are used… Non-Standard (as in informal, slang, even vulgar) English Standard (as in business) English It’s up to YOU to make intelligent and appropriate word choices!

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ So does your textbook, which focuses on Standard American English (rather than British) The dictionary helps you decide.

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ In fact, English is now used Various countries have their own varieties worldwide

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ If you’re writing and you can’t think of the right word, where should you look for inspiration? Under your desk? No! Unless that’s where you keep your

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ It may sound like a type of dinosaur, but the will give you synonyms, antonyms, and other related words.

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Abridged Pocket College Encyclopedic Unabridged Combination Contains dictionary and thesaurus Includes general information Definitions are tailored to user Fewer entries but easy to carry Current, informative; at least 100,000 words including new ones All the words lexicographers feel merit inclusion; at least 250,000 Dictionaries and thesauruses are available in print and electronically (CD, Internet) The latest edition will have the most current words. Can you identify these printed versions?

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Now see if you can identify various sections (or parts) of a dictionary…

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Front matter Appendixes Index Entries Etymology Usage label Run-ins Guide words Everything after the last Z word Everything before the first A word Part of the front matter History of a word Context in which the word is used All words from A-Z Show alphabetical range of page Words derived from entry word

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Did you know…

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Some words have more than one correct spelling The dictionary will show them joined by “or” the.ater or the.atre The spelling shown first is seen more often It is considered the “preferred” spelling Use the preferred spelling in business This prevents distracting your reader When “also” precedes a second spelling, the second one is less acceptable Avoid using the second one in business writing lovable also loveable Avoid!

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ If second spellings are shown as separate entries, they are NOT the preferred form. They may be non-Standard or disputed One good example is the word alright The dictionary also clarifies compound words or words requiring hyphens nationwide apple pie hand-me-down recover (get well) or re-cover (cover again)

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ These are commonly misspelled words. Are they spelled correctly here? accommodate recommend priviledge bachelor seperate wierd Yes! 2 c’s, 2 m’s Yes! re+commend No! privilege (has a leg in it) Yes! Has ache in it (sad to be single: -) No! separate (Pa is in middle) No! We are weird

English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ Syllables -- in.ter.pret Pronunciation -- in-'t&r-pr&t, -p&t Definitions -- to explain or construe meaning Parts of speech -- n adj. conj. vt. vi Etymology -- Middle English, French, & Latin Usage, style, or field labels -- none for interpret Synonyms -- discern Dictionaries use codes. Here are possible examples for the word interpret

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English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ©2006 Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ You have befriended your dictionary and thesaurus