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Federal Street Press/Merriam-Webster

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1 City (1990 pop. 105,227), state capital and seat of Sangamon co., central Ill., on the Sangamon River; settled 1818, inc. as a city 1840.
, MO 01102

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1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.

2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.
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. Webster's New Explorer Guide To English Usage (189285967X) answers usage questions through over a thousand articles addressing most common usage issues. From confused words to alternative spellings, this provides an alphabetical arrangement to make lookups easy, along with the verbal illustration to clarify usage. Both are excellent personal, school, and community English language reference works.
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Title Annotation:Webster's New Explorer Guide To English Usage; New Explorer Dictionary Of Word Origins
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Date:Nov 1, 2004
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