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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language
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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language Mass market paperbound - 1989

by Richard Lederer

From student essays to newspaper headlines, here is a fabulous collection of linguistic goofs and mixed-up metaphors that have done everything from rewriting history to announcing the ability of a soft drink to resurrect the dead! Dell.


From the publisher

"Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy. Anguished English is the funniest book I have ever read."--Sidney Sheldon Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.

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One of the fringe benefits of being an English or history teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay or test paper.

From the jacket flap

"Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors...from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.

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  • Title Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language
  • Author Richard Lederer
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dell, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date August 5, 1989
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780440203520 / 044020352X
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.18 x 4.32 x 0.43 in (18.24 x 10.97 x 1.09 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 428.002

About the author

Richard Lederer is an American author, speaker, and teacher, best known for his books on the English language and on wordplay such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He has written more than 30 books and was the cohost of a national radio show, A Way with Words.
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