Questions of English: Questions and Answers about English Words, Their Origin, Use, and Meaning, from the Files of the Oxford Word and Language Service by Jeremy Marshall
Questions of English: Questions and Answers about English Words, Their Origin, Use, and Meaning, from the Files of the Oxford Word and Language Service
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Jeremy Marshall
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Questions of English: Questions and Answers about English Words, Their Origin, Use, and Meaning, from the Files of the Oxford Word and Language Service

Jeremy Marshall

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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words "posh" (which probably does not stand for "Port Out Starboard Home"), "quiz," "snob," or "OK," and they provide a brief discussion of British and American English, which covers pronunciation (we say tomado, they say tomato), spelling, and v...

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