Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
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From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors...from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, Anguished Englishis a treasury of assaults upon our common language.
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