Anguished English : An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon the English Language
(2020)
By:
Lederer, Richard
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Gibbs Smith, 2020
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (192 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9781423608912 MWT13437642, 1423608917 13437642
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 wanted: 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
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