Webster's New World Guide to Current American Usage
- ISBN-10
- 0139478213
- ISBN-13
- 9780139478215
- Category
- Reference / General
- Pages
- 420
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Macmillan General Reference
- Author
- Bernice Randall
Description
Provides information on grammar, punctuation, usage, and the history of the English language, and explains the origin of phrases, idioms, and slang
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