novel = book

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/6/2014 07:26 AM, Amy West wrote:
>... Oh my. It used to make me crazier when I found freshmen using "novel"
>for "book" in their Comp. I writings. Now it will become entrenched. . . .

It makes the college teachers on the "extended 18th century" email
list, C18-l, crazier (than they were before) also.  I gather it is
entrenched already.

Joel

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