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What in the Word? Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language (Harvest Original) (Harvest Original)
What in the Word Wordplay Word Lore and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language - Harvest Original
Author: Charles Harrington Elster
Are you so sure about "assure," "ensure," and "insure" ? Can you determine whether a knob of butter is equivalent to a lump or a pat or a scosh? Can you say which word in the English language has the most definitions, or who put the H in Jesus H. Christ? — If you can't, be assured that Charles Harrington Elster, author of several well-loved works...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156031974
ISBN-10: 0156031973
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 304
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
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