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Your subs’ table has a well-used English dictionary and a gazetteer of place names because of the need to get words and locations right. Only the foolhardy, however splendid their vocabulary, would do without a dictionary since it gives not only spellings but also meanings. It should be the most up to date containing the very latest shifts and nuances in meaning or, better still, there should be two dictionaries in order to compare definitions even though your computer has a spell-check. The gazetteer, provided it has the latest boundary changes, is the ultimate arbiter where there is doubt or argument over geography. Armed with these ...
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