Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bad_a	effect_n	good_a	3,760	5	4.8923	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37398	A letter from an English merchant at Amsterdam, to his friend at London, concerning the trade and coin of England	P. D.; D'Aranda, Paul, 1624?-1669.	1695 (1695)	Wing D77; ESTC R17693	6,269	13

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