Knopf

[ knopf ]

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Alfred A(braham), 1892–1984, U.S. publisher.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Knopf has sold more than 400,000 copies, and the book has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the start of his book tour, we met in the offices of his publisher, Knopf.
The Book of B.J. Novak: An Absurdist, Scathingly Funny Literary Debut|Caryn James|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reprinted by permission of Pantheon Books, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring|Ahdaf Soueif|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright, Alfred A. Knopf/Random House.
The National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction||September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore, Alfred A. Knopf/Random House.
The National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction||September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Knopf left on furlough December 9th, but sickness prevented him from returning at its expiration.
History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry|Alfred J. Hill
Its evidence is used in a small edition of the epistle by R. Knopf (Leipzig, 1899).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various
I sleep on the second floor, in the front of the house, and this is the first I have heard of poor Mr. Knopf's loss—'
The Old Man in the Corner|Baroness Orczy
He himself had been in Mr. Knopf's employ over fifteen years, and was his only indoor servant.
The Old Man in the Corner|Baroness Orczy
Mr. Knopf took them round to the police-station himself immediately, and identified the stones as some of his Parisian ones.
The Old Man in the Corner|Baroness Orczy