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| Title | A Desk-book of Errors in English: Including Notes on Colloquialisms and Slang to be Avoided in Conversation Standard desk-book series |
| Author | Frank H. Vizetelly |
| Publisher | Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1907 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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