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But it must be said that space is at a premium in these expensive books, and if, say, a dozen citations are found for each of the spellings thickwitted and thick-witted , one can be sure that no lexicographer, thrifty of space, will display the variant, whichever he perceives that to be.
Would a lexicographer agree?
Because anyone writing a review of any book ought to be required to delineate the reasons for his approval or disapproval of its style and content, so any editor worth his salt should be able to detect in a properly written, professional review of a dictionary by a lexicographer any untoward bias and to reject such a review (or parts of it) out of hand.
It is hard to imagine that this book would be picked up by anyone but a lexicographer or someone interested enough in becoming one to subject himself to such a turgid presentation; in the event, one might assume a certain level of familiarity with the subject.
The scholarship that has gone into this book is exemplary, and the book will appeal to the general reader as much as to the lexicographer.