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Anguished English by Richard Lederer
Category: Non-Fiction
Lampooning the myriad mistakes that crop up in the everyday use of the English langauge, this collection presents faux pas from students' essays, newspaper headlines, accident reports, and everyday grammar mistakes.
Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia by Richard Lederer
Category: Non-Fiction
Richard Lederer's Classic Literary Trivia from Mythology, Shakespeare, and the Bible < br> What biblical character said, "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Cain) < br> Who was the chief of the ancient Greek gods? (Zeus) < br> Shakespeare's plays are generally classified into which three cate ...Show more
Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia by Richard Lederer
Category: Non-Fiction
Richard Lederer's Literary Trivia What fictional detective survived an attempted murder by his creator? (Sherlock Holmes) Who was the single mother, living on state benefits, whose wizardly series of novels has made her the richest writer in England? (J. K. Rowling) Which American poet composed and read ...Show more
The Revenge of Anguished English: More Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by RICHARD LEDERER
Category: Reference
Fourth in the Anguished English series, this updated collection of verbal bloopers will have word nerds in stitches. Pulling together a hilarious array of unfortunate typos, misplaced modifiers, malapropisms, and unintended double-entendres, the grammatical gaffes of the innocent, the negligent, and the ...Show more
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