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Richard lederer born may 26, 1938 is an american author, speaker, and teacher. Richard lederer guest speaker i have always enjoyed words, but that joy of lex started to become professionalized when i got my doctorate in morphology. In what other language, asks lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
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