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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-05 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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An obsessive word lover's account of reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary, hailed as "the Super Size Me of lexicography." "I'm reading the OED so you do
Reading the OED
Language: en
Pages: 246
Authors: Ammon Shea
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Penguin

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An obsessive word lover provides an account of the year he spent reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, offering a selection of obscure and offbe
Reading the Oxford English Dictionary
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Ammon Shea
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-02 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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'If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on. I have read the OED so you don't have to...' Weighing i
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Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Ammon Shea
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language “mistakes” and how they came to be accepted as correct—or not. English is a gloriou
The Practice of Reading
Language: en
Pages: 237
Authors: Derek Alsop
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-04-19 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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The Practice of Reading is a lucid and lively examination of the art of interpreting the novel in the context of recent developments in literary theory and crit