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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
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Publisher Price: $19.00
ISBN13: 9781101970263
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Mar 6 2018
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Filled with fun facts--for example, the first documented usage of OMG was in a letter to Winston Churchill--and Stamper's own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America's foremost irregardless apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.
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