Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language - Brossura

Lederer, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 044020352X ISBN 13: 9780440203520

Casa editrice: Dell, 1989

Riassunto

Lampooning the myriad mistakes that crop up in the everyday use of the English language this collection presents faux pas from students' essays, newspaper headlines, accident reports, and everyday grammar mistakes

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L'autore:

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.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dell
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 044020352X
• ISBN 13: 9780440203520
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192