Install Oxford English dictionary

Can anyone tell me why we don't have Oxford English dictionary spell checking on Macs and only have American English.
Cheers

I have it in mine?
Regards,
Colin R.

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My iMac came with a New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus. Should an iMac purchased in the UK have the English versions?
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I want to install Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary in my laptop but each time i tried, I received an error message "nspr4.dll in missing". What should I do to solve this problem as I am desparate to install it because I need it very much.

Nspr4.dll error message might appear while using or installing certain programs.
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''Naeem [[#answer-669741|said]]''
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First of all, you're using Firefox 34.0.5 as your details say.
This addon called "[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-/?src=search British English Dictionary]" is the most used addon currently.
Reply if this doesn't help.
</blockquote>
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You may look at:
http://dictionary.oed.com/news/
You will be offered to subscribe to the Oxford Dictionary Online.
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the former English dictionary had been replaced by a school-level Spanish dictionary.
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