Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions : Making Sense of Transatlantic English Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Hargraves, Orin
- Used
As if written from a point in the Atlantic exactly between Britain and the United States, this engaging and often witty book catalogs the differences between the "two" languages by taking a culturally neutral stance.
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- Title Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions : Making Sense of Transatlantic English
- Author Hargraves, Orin
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, London
- Date 2002-12-19
- Bookseller's Inventory # 3142533-6
- ISBN 9780195157048 / 0195157044
- Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.62 x 6.28 x 1.09 in (24.43 x 15.95 x 2.77 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Americanisms, English language - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002013527
- Dewey Decimal Code 428.009
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Citations
- American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2003, Page 442
- Booklist, 08/01/2002, Page 1998
- Library Journal, 10/15/2002, Page 72