Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	better_a	good_a	great_a	1,484	5	2.2112	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72221	The grammar warre. Or The eight parts of speach, noune, pronoune. verbe, participle, aduerbe, coniunction, preposition, interiection, altogether by the eares Together with the lamentable burning of a petty schoole.; Bellum grammaticale. English	Guarna, Andrea.; Spencer, John, d. 1680, attributed name.; Hayward, William, fl. 1570-1576.; I. S.	1635 (1635)	STC 12421; ESTC S122613	26,974	73

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