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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=ORIGIN+early+17th&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>ORIGIN early 17th</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=ORIGIN+late+19th&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>ORIGIN late 19th</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=ORIGIN+late+Middle&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>ORIGIN late Middle</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=ORIGIN+mid+19th&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>ORIGIN mid 19th</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=ORIGIN+Middle+English&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>ORIGIN Middle English</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=ORIGIN+Old+English&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>ORIGIN Old English</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=particular&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>particular</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=past+participle&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>past participle</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=PHRASES&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>PHRASES</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=plant&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>plant</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=plural+noun&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>plural noun</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=related+to+Dutch&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>related to Dutch</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=sense&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>sense</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=someone&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>someone</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=Spanish&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Spanish</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=thing&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>thing</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=tion&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>tion</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=treated+as+sing&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>treated as sing</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=tree&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>tree</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=typically&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>typically</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=unknown+origin&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>unknown origin</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=verb+no+obj&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>verb no obj</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=verb+with+obj&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>verb with obj</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&q=word&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=2" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>word</span></a></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" 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class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Angus+Stevenson%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>Angus Stevenson</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>OUP Oxford, 2010</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>0199571120, 9780199571123</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>2069 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Foreign+Language+Study%22" 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