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Contents
THE TWO STREAMS OF ENGLISH | 1 |
The English Attack | 33 |
American Barbarisms | 44 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Language |
| Author | H. L. Mencken |
| Published | 1948 |
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