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Language: en
Pages: 456
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Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Take a fascinating journey from plastic (1909) to podcasting (2004). This vivid picture of the last 105 years is based on John Ayto's critically acclaimed Twent
Language: en
Pages: 26
Pages: 26
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly do
Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-09-29 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Giving yesterday's words another chance to sparkle before they retire to the archives for good, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers focuses on language that still