The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations
Revised edition
This title has been replaced by:
The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: Your guide to collocations and grammar. Third edition revised by Robert Ilson, Compiled by Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson (2010)
The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: Your guide to collocations and grammar. Third edition revised by Robert Ilson, Compiled by Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson and Robert F. Ilson (2010)
Hardbound – Replaced by new edition
ISBN 9789027221667 (Eur)
ISBN 9781556195204 (USA)
Paperback – Replaced by new edition
ISBN 9789027221674 (Eur)
ISBN 9781556195211 (USA)
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In selecting new material, the authors have made use of a variety of sources, such as:
- comments and suggestions from over fifty reviews published in journals throughout the world;
- additions to the bilingual editions of the BBI, specifically the Maruzen edition (Tokyo, 1993) and the Longman Dictionary of English Collocations (Hong Kong, 1995);
- comments and suggestions from users of the BBI.
[Not in series, BBI 1 (2nd)] 1997. xl, 386 pp.
Publishing status: Obsolete
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