LONDON — It
weighs in at more than
130 pounds, but the a
uthoritative guide to the
English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing the
126-year-old dictionary's next edition will be printed on paper at all. The
digital version of the Oxford English Dictionary now
gets 2 million hits a month from subscribers, and dozens of free online dictionaries offer word meanings at the click of a mouse. Dictionary.
com even offers a free iPhone application.
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