Having looked at a number of monolingual dictionaries
in class this week, I have decided to buy the Macmillan English Dictionary for
Advanced Learners. At the beginning the dictionary provides a short overview of
its structure and explains how to use it correctly. It is a dictionary I can
warmly recommend as it provides information on every single word. For me as a
language learner it is important to know in which context I may use the words
that I look up in the dictionary. For this reason I need to know for example
whether a noun is countable or uncountable if I want to write a correct text or
article. It is also very important for me to know whether a verb is transitive
or intransitive. Every entry also comes with one, two or three stars behind it,
indicating how often a word is used in general. I could not find any
disadvantages to this dictionary and I will buy the Macmillan as it will be a
great support for a language learner like me.
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