Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. London: Longman, 1978

ers need to know which of the two they should recommend to their students. Plainly, unless the DCE offers more than the ALD or something worthwhile which is different from that offered by the ALD, it will be very difficult for it to break into what is virtually a monopoly market. In what follows I shall therefore make direct comparisons whenever possible. The ALD referred to is the 1974 edition.