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The Queen's English
Mark Twain, "Following the Equator", 1897:
There is no such thing as "the Queen's English".
The property has gone into the hands of a joint
stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!
And he wrote that before WWI and WWII.
GFH
There is no such thing as "the Queen's English".
The property has gone into the hands of a joint
stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!
And he wrote that before WWI and WWII.
GFH
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[nq:1]Mark Twain, "Following the Equator", 1897: There is no such thing as "the Queen's English". The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! And he wrote that before WWI and WWII.
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[nq:1]Mark Twain, "Following the Equator", 1897: There is no such thing as "the Queen's English". The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! And he wrote that before WWI and WWII. GFH[/nq]
He wrote it during the reign of Victoria, in a travelogue written while he, an American more, a Western American explored the British Empire.
He wrote it during the reign of Victoria, in a travelogue written while he, an American more, a Western American explored the British Empire.
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[nq:2]Mark Twain, "Following the Equator", 1897: There is no such ... shares! And he wrote that before WWI and WWII. GFH[/nq]
[nq:1]He wrote it during the reign of Victoria, in a travelogue written while he, an American more, a Western American explored the British Empire.[/nq]
And by "we own the bulk of the shares" he meant only that Americans outnumbered the British.
John Varela
[nq:1]He wrote it during the reign of Victoria, in a travelogue written while he, an American more, a Western American explored the British Empire.[/nq]
And by "we own the bulk of the shares" he meant only that Americans outnumbered the British.
John Varela
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[nq:2]Mark Twain, "Following the Equator", 1897: There is no such ... shares! And he wrote that before WWI and WWII. GFH[/nq]
[nq:1]He wrote it during the reign of Victoria, in a travelogue written while he, an American more, a Western American explored the British Empire.[/nq]
And at least some of the tiem he was a humorist. I know parts of that book were serious, but I don't know if all
[nq:1]He wrote it during the reign of Victoria, in a travelogue written while he, an American more, a Western American explored the British Empire.[/nq]
And at least some of the tiem he was a humorist. I know parts of that book were serious, but I don't know if all
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[nq:1]Mark Twain, "Following the Equator", 1897: There is no such thing as "the Queen's English". The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! And he wrote that before WWI and WWII.[/nq]
And the English could quite legitimately reply: 'but we still own the copyright!'.
And the English could quite legitimately reply: 'but we still own the copyright!'.
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