From student essays to newspaper headlines, here is a fabulous collection of linguistic goofs and mixed-up metaphors that have done everything from...more
From student essays to newspaper headlines, here is a fabulous collection of linguistic goofs and mixed-up metaphors that have done everything from rewriting history to announcing the ability of a soft drink to resurrect the dead! Dell. less
I read this book out of a masochistic curiosity and nearly died laughing (through tears). "Assaults Upon Our Language" is a matching title for it because that's exactly what it is, from student papers to misprints in newspaper articles. Hilarious!