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Nuria Yáñez-Bouza , Grammar, rhetoric and usage in English: Preposition placement 1500–1900. Studies in English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xvii + 373. ISBN 9781107000797.

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Nuria Yáñez-Bouza , Grammar, rhetoric and usage in English: Preposition placement 1500–1900. Studies in English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. xvii + 373. ISBN 9781107000797.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2017

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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 177 - 183
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