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It has extensive lists on different cliches for the same thought. This source has an introduction, lists of cliches, awards the site has won, about the author, links to other sites, and contact information. http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/sybev/cliche/ English "Cliches" "language" "English" The Book of Cliches 2009-12-09T20:14:16.062Z The Book of Cliches 2009-12-09T20:14:16.062Z fedoraAdmin Active Arts & Humanities--Language & Linguistics--English info:fedora/col:gen res:ipl-67817 Harris, Jonathan WordCount??? "presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words" and ranks them in order of commonality. 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