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  What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (Hardback) By (author) Elizabeth Knowles

  

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  Short Description for What They Didn't SayBrings together a range of wrongly remembered sayings, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person. By revealing what was (and was not) really said, this book presents the colour and inventiveness of language change.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 26 October 2006
  • Format: Hardback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Dictionaries Of Quotations
  • ISBN 13: 9780199203598 ISBN 10: 0199203598
  • Sales rank: 481,115

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Full description for What They Didn't Say

• Follow the money Fresh fields and pastures new A good day to bury bad news If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit Brings together a fascinating range of wrongly remembered sayings, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person. By revealing what was (and was not) really said, this book celebrates the colour and inventiveness of language change.