The New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors is the essential A to Z guide for everyone who works with words‎.‎ Drawing on the expertise of the Oxford Dictionaries department‎,‎ it provides authoritative advice on those words and names which raise questions time after time because of spelling‎,‎ capitalization‎,‎ hyphenation‎,‎ and cultural or historical context‎.‎ As well as lexical terms‎,‎ there are many proper names included‎:‎ from place names and personal names to names of institutions‎,‎ literary references‎,‎ and books of the Bible‎.‎ Entries give full coverage of recommended spellings‎,‎ variant forms‎,‎ confusable words‎,‎ hyphenation‎,‎ capitalization‎,‎ foreign and specialist terms‎,‎ proper names‎,‎ and abbreviations‎.‎ It is an essential tool for writers‎,‎ editors‎,‎ publishers‎,‎ journalists‎,‎ and web editors‎,‎ and together with New Hart‎'‎s Rules and the New Oxford Spelling Dictionary forms the complete editorial reference set‎.‎