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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language
Richard Lederer | Nathalie Dupree

Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language

Wyrick and Company (Sep 18, 1996)
9780941711043
| Paperback
192 pages | 141 x 217 mm | English
Dewey 428.00207
LC Classification PN6231.E74 .L4 1987
LC Control No. 87040532

Subject

  • English Language
  • English Language/ Errors Of Usage/ Humor
  • Errors
  • Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar
  • Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics

Plot

Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.Help wanteds:Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night.Two-Headed Headlines:Grandmother of eight makes hole in one!Doctor testifies in horse suit.Modern-Day Malapropisms:I suffer from a deviant septum.