Being an English major, I know that the language one's studying can be taxing when having to hone the style-shifting skills necessary to reach a wider range of audiences with one's writing. Being able to style shift is important and a writer can never have enough dictionaries to aid in writing a story or article that can be read by a wider audience. Kearse gives his audience a chance to broaden their linguistic horizons. Not to mention that some of the words that Kearse has compiled into this dictionary will have your reactions ranging from "so that's what that means" to "how in the world did they come up with this one?!" This dictionary is a definite must have.