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"Clear definitions of hundreds of new words and slang terms - from green-inker to manny to wiki - to help you use them with ease. Leading thinkers and professionals in their fields explain complex ideas: Richard Dawkins on evolution, Evan Davis on free trade, Helena Kennedy QC on liberty. Authoritative and expert word histories tracing words back hundreds of years, from codswallop to ghastly. Foolproof guidance on how to use words correctly: less or fewer? Older or elder?"--BOOK JACKET
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The Penguin English Dictionary, R. E. Allen
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- Released
- 2007
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- R. E. Allen
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140515925
- ISBN13
- 9780140515923
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, References & Manuals, Language Dictionaries, English Literature
- Rating
- 4.5 out of 5
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- "Clear definitions of hundreds of new words and slang terms - from green-inker to manny to wiki - to help you use them with ease. Leading thinkers and professionals in their fields explain complex ideas: Richard Dawkins on evolution, Evan Davis on free trade, Helena Kennedy QC on liberty. Authoritative and expert word histories tracing words back hundreds of years, from codswallop to ghastly. Foolproof guidance on how to use words correctly: less or fewer? Older or elder?"--BOOK JACKET