Synopses & Reviews
With more than 4,000 main entries and 36,000 synonyms, this easy-to-use thesaurus with thousands of example sentences helps children in the middle grades make the best word choice to suit their meaning and enliven their writing. A new Parts of Speech table explains in simple language how words in the thesaurus are classified according to their function in a sentence.
About the Author
Paul Hellweg is a freelance writer and author of The Insomniac's Dictionary. He is an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge. The author currently resides in Frazier Park, California.The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and of other reference titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.