The Revenge of Anguished English: More Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language

The first book in this series had me laughing so hard I was crying. The second one was just as bad (or good), but by the time I got to this book, the humor was getting a bit old. That's not to say it was bad. This book was very funny, and I'd recommend it to anyone who liked the series. It just wasn't as good as the others. (Anguished English, More Anguished English)

This is a gut wrenching (in the sense that my stomach ached from laughter after reading it) collection of grammatical errors, linguistic bloopers, slip ups, faux pas, mixed metaphors, mis-translations, Freudian slips, malapropisms and other gaffes and misunderstandings from the schoolroom, the courts, political speeches, the doctor's office, warning labels and instructions, advertisements, church bulletins, headlines, and... Read Full Review

Richard Lederer has broken all records with his latest book. It is a big laugh from beginning to end and I recommend it highly to anyone who needs the cobwebs of melancholy and depression driven away in one fell swoop.

This book is a collection of gaffes, puns (mostly unintentional), unfortunate typos, syntactical snafus, kids' use of language, and translational traps. Some of the examples are riotously funny; others are just so-so. Sometimes the number of examples overwhelms the brain's ability to appreciate them. The introductions by Lederer before each chapter are cleverly written, but sometimes too much so. (Example: "Here's a sampling... Read Full Review

Unfortunately, none of the local papers carry a column, "Looking at Language," by Richard Lederer . . . it is something that I'd definitely want to read--especially after enjoying his very funny book, THE REVENGE OF ANGUISHED ENGLISH. In it, he takes actual misuses of the English language and presents them in a series of short chapters that had me laughing from the very first page . . . I never realized that there were so... Read Full Review