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In any type of writing, there are three possible points of view: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, or me, you, and other. There are three periods of the English language’s history: Old, Middle, and Modern. And dramas traditionally have three parts: prot asis, epitasis, and catastrophe.

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Three-quarters or 3/4

E. Cobham Brewer 1810-1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Three-quarters or 3/4.

Rhyming slang for the neck. This certainly is a most ingenious perversion. " Three-quarters of a peck" rhymes with neck, so, in writing, an expert simply sets down 3/4.

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The Three Kings

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (1863-1944). The Oxford Book of Ballads. 1910.

107. The Three Kings

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The Three Woes

Padraic Colum (1881-1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.

141. The Three Woes

By Aubrey de Vere

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