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English Prose Style

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G. Bell, 1949 - English language - 227 pages

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Contents

Words
3
Metaphors
16
The Sentence
35

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TitleEnglish Prose Style
AuthorsHerbert Read, Sir Herbert Edward Read
PublisherG. Bell, 1949
Original fromIndiana University
Digitized28 May 2009
Length227 pages
  
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