Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wrong_a	wrong_n	wrong_v	43	3	9.2243	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18528	The workes of Geffray Chaucer newlye printed, wyth dyuers workes whych were neuer in print before: as in the table more playnly doth appere. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.; Works	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; Thynne, William, d. 1546.	1542 (1542)	STC 5069; ESTC S107198	1,080,588	770

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