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From: norman@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Availability of English Grammar, Dictionaries
Message-ID: <382@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 15:29:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  7 15:29:55 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Mar-86 00:19:03 EST
Reply-To: norman@batcomputer.UUCP (Norman Ramsey)
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Does anyone out there know of 

1) A good English grammar. Neither my state education nor my BA saw
   fit to teach me any English grammar; everything I know is from Latin.
   Some examples of things I would like to know: 
     		When to use "which" vs "that"
		When to use the subjunctive
		What is the difference between "consist of" and
			"consist in"?


2) A good etymological dictionary that a starving student can afford.
   I have the OED (a gift from thoughtful relatives), and I'm looking
   for a modern dictionary of American English to supplement it.

3) A good dictionary of American English -- I'm incredibly fed up with
   the "collegiate" dictionaries. AS a test, it should have the correct
   technical definiton of the word "ohmic", to wit: exhibiting behavior
   consistent with Ohm's law. 

Anybody out there have any ideas?
-- 
Norman Ramsey     norman@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu       Pianist at Large