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208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198791096
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 June 2017
Description
It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our fl...
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208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198791096
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 June 2017
Description
It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our fl...