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Book Review

Ironies Abound: A Review of The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn

S. G. Grant Department of Learning and Instruction, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260
Pages 540-548 | Published online: 31 Jan 2012

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