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Lexicographical Neighbors of How Come
Literary usage of How come
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"See AS HOW. how come how come is a familiar phrase of obscure origin that ... “)
find how come unsuitable in writing. Reader's Digest 1983 dismisses it as ..."
2. Philosophy and Religion: Selections from the Manuscripts of the Late James by James Hinton (1881)
"how come we to perceive a physical world ?—Wherever sin is, matter is—The law of
cause and effect is a form of thought—God's act is not the cause but the ..."
3. Origines Sacrae: Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and by Edward Stillingfleet (1817)
"how come birds and fishes so very much to exceed mankind in the frame of those
... how come the seasons of bringing forth to be so settled, that there is a ..."
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