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The on-going career of Henry Watson Fowler

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Rachel Ware
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Abstract

A historical review of the usage books of HWF and his brother FGF, and their British successors

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 11 - 17
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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