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Anguished English

Richard Lederer

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

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Summary

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.
Available since: 04/19/2006.
Print length: 192 pages.

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