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Batko, Ann.

When bad grammar happens to good people : how to avoid common errors in English / by Ann Batko ; edited by Edward Rosenheim.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-56414-722-3

eISBN : 97-8-160-16378-9

1. English language—Grammar—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. English language—Usage—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.

PE1111.B385 2004

428.2—dc22

2003069601