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From grammar gaffes to mangled modifiers, this laugh-along recording shares some of the funniest mistakes people make in everyday speech.
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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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"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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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
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Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1989
ISBN 10: 0860516237
ISBN 13: 9780860516231
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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Thompson, Bill (illustrator). 1st Edition. D/W top edges creased, price clipped. Spine sunned and patches on front/rear. . Boards and contents fine, slight rubbing to spine ends and speckles to top of text block. A thousand plus examples of mis-use of English, or just plain errors. E.g, in the grounds of a private school "No trespassing without permission". Seller Inventory # 002019
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