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Title: The Bride of Anguished English: A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos by Richard Lederer, Jim McLean ISBN: 0-312-30038-7 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: This one's RICH
Comment: Is this the best of the Anguished volumes? The author Richard Lederer says that he believes "that my Bride is the best written of my four Anguished English books." I totally agree. "Bride" is a fantastic faux-pastiche of verbal blunders, a written equivalent to a whole season of TV's Best Bloopers plus America's Dumbest Home Videos.
Aside from its amusement value, "Bride" is also handy for English teachers and anyone wishing to improve their writing skills. Selected gems from the book can illustrate WHY you need to be careful about dangling participles, careless spelling and mixed metaphors. It's one thing to hold forth on the value of good English grammar, it's another to gaze with horrified astonishment at actual printed headlines such as:
"WOMAN BORN FEBRUARY 29 HAS BABY SAME DAY"
and
"AIRLINE EXPECTS TO BE BACK ON TRACK BY WEEKEND"
These illustrations are far more impressive than memorizing lists of rules or reading "Elements of Style." If you want to brush up your writing skills, it couldn't hurt to have a laugh and also pick up some examples of really bad mistakes you are sure to remember.
There is plenty more good stuff here--including the chapter on stupid headlines, a chapter of the particularly dumb stuff doctors and lawyers write (always rewarding if you like to needle professionals at parties, lots and lots of lawyer jokes here) and the divine comedy from church and Sunday School that informs you that "Amen" really means..."Tha-tha-tha-that's all, folks!"
I sure hope that's not all...we could all use some more Anguish like this. If you liked Richard's previous Anguished volumes, this one will not disappoint you.
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Title: Anguished English : An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer ISBN: 044020352X Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 05 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: More Anguished English : an Expose of Embarrassing Excruciating, and Egregious Errors in English by Richard Lederer ISBN: 0440215773 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 04 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Fractured English by Richard Lederer ISBN: 0671000365 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Get Thee to a Punnery by Richard, Lederer, Bill Thompson ISBN: 0941711080 Publisher: Wyrick & Co Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged by Richard Lederer, Richard Dowis ISBN: 0312263945 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 11 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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