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By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English (Hardcover)
by David Crystal (Author)
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Product details
  • Hardcover: 314 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPress (1 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007235585
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007235582
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 16.2 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 211,122 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Product Description
The New Statesman
'(an) excellent, discursive new book (by) one of England's
greatest living language commentators...'

Financial Times
'Every page of Crystal's book contains some linguistic curiosity
or flight of fancy.'

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