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Praise for a word a day
"Anu Garg′s many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here′s a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"
––Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court
"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg′s refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."
––John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
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