Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	write_n	write_v	writing_n	326	4	8.8356	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63018	A preparative to pleading being a work intended for the instruction and help of young clerks of the court of common pleas / by George Townesend ...	Townesend, George.	1675 (1675)	Wing T1981; ESTC R2436	70,354	282

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