Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	letter_n	proportion_n	stem_n	54	3	16.9164	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50276	Fax nova artis scribendi, or, An introduction (by way of dialogue) to the best forms and proportions of all letters, in each hand most useful, and excellent for all business both in clerkship and trade : to which is added, rules for spelling and pointing : as also, a table of abbreviations, so large that it will facilitate both the writing and reading of any business at common or civil law : together with some directions which may be beneficial for a clerk in the progress of his whole clerkship / by John Matlock ....	Matlock, John.	1685 (1685)	Wing M1292A; ESTC R19209	24,285	50

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