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.
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Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy. Anguished English is the funniest book I have ever read. Sidney Sheldon
Anguished English is filled with accidental misuses of language that will delight and entertain you. This book has all the student bloopers, dangling modifiers, misread headlines, and malapropisms imaginable. It s a must-have for word lovers everywhere.
Advertisement: Dog for sale. Eats anything and is fond of children.
In a lawsuit: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? All my autopsies are on dead people.
On a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
Describing an accident: In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
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