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Oxford University Press
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guide to precise phrases, grammar, and pronunciation can be key; it can even be admired. But beloved? Yet from its first appearance in 1926, Fowler's was just that. Henry Watson Fo...9999902984406Henry Watson Fowler
Wordsworth Editions, Ltd
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Charles Panati, America's favorite gatherer of origins, now offers the last word on how people, places, and things of all sorts have met their ends through the centuries. From famo...9999902838273Charles Panati
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Harlow Longman c1993
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