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The Story of Ain't:: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published
The Story of Ain't America Its Language and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published
Author: David Skinner
Created by the most respected American publisher of dictionaries and supervised by the editor Philip Gove, Webster's Third broke with tradition, adding thousands of new words and eliminating "artificial notions of correctness," basing proper usage on how language was actually spoken. The dictionary's revolutionary style ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780062027467
ISBN-10: 0062027468
Publication Date: 10/9/2012
Pages: 349
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Publisher: Harper
Book Type: Hardcover
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