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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The essentials of formal composition Volumen3 de The Gateway to English, George Henry Vallins |
| Autores | Henry Arthur Treble, George Henry Vallins |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 1927 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 22 Nov. 2007 |
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