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If you are interested in language - especially in collective nouns, then this book is bound to interest you. 190 pages long, in black & white with lino cut-type illustrations, the book is divided into 7 chapters...People - Professions - Religion - Domestic Animals & Birds - Wild Animals - Wild Birds - Exotic Creatures. Then a Biography, Acknowledgements and an extensive index. My hardback edition was printed in 2014. I bought it as a present for my wife and both of us have enjoyed reading through it. Each collective noun merits around a page of descriptive reasoning to explain the origin and history of the noun and a potted history of the subject - all written in easy language and full of interesting anecdote & fact. Not a slick & glossy book but very good value and well recommended.
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Just what I wanted and it gives full stories on each collective noun.
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Language is beautiful
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