Sharp Electronic Dictionary PW-E550 User Manual

Input a word or an essay's title in 

Garner's Modern American Usage

 to find the

latest American English usages. A word can also be searched in the Select
Glossary.

Searching by a word or an essay’s title (Filter search)

Find usage examples of ‘that’.

1. Press 

g to open 

Garner's

Modern American Usage

.

The input screen appears.

2. Input the spelling of ‘that’.

As you type, the match narrows. If the
desired word is found, then you do not
need to type any more letters.

• In this example, the rows headed by

‘ ’ contain subheadings within the
entry for ‘that’.

3. While ‘

’ appears to the left of ‘that’,

press 

e. The detailed view of

the word ‘that’ appears.

• To browse contents on the next/

previous page, press 

} { or >

<. You may also find the Quick
view function useful.

• To search a word in the detailed view, or to search for an item indicated under

the 

, use the Super jump function.

• Press 

f to return to the previous screen.

• Press 

^ l to list the headings in 

Garner's Modern American Usage

.

• To search a different word, simply begin inputting a new spelling for the word,

or press 

b or g to go to the input screen of 

Garner's Modern

American Usage

.

The same view / message appears as for the 

New Oxford American Dictionary

. See

page 14 for details.

While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 12 for details.

• Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field. When searching words

containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to select the words
from the list manually.

When the 

 icons appear in the detailed view, a note can be selected and

browsed. For details, refer to pages 10-11.

• Unlike other dictionaries, a headword with a Note in 

Garner’s Modern American

Usage

 is not marked with an asterisk.