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    <title>Columbia guide to standard American English</title>
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    <namePart>Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth George)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1923</namePart>
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    <extent>xv, 482 p. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>A guide to effective writing suitable for the Americans. It answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of concise entries. It presents a systematic view of language as determined by context. It provides a chart of contexts and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate.</abstract>
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