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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language

Richard Lederer

"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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Dell
  • Publish Date: Aug 5th, 1989
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.18in - 4.32in - 0.43in - 0.22lb
  • EAN: 9780440203520
  • Categories: Linguistics - EtymologyTopic - LanguageLinguistics - Semantics

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.