Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word MagicSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007 M04 1 - 272 pages After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in Word Wizard. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone. |
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... nonstandard usage , but faulty grammar doth not a blooper make . No double entendres ( or " double Ninten- dos , " as somebody once blipped ) exist here . I also receive gifts of gaffes that simply aren't funny 6 WORD WIZARD.
... simply aren't funny : " The State Department is understandably loathe to abandon the noble tradition of U.S. leadership in those endeavors . ” “ Fol- lowing the tenants of both the Zone Diet and the American Heart Association , Balance ...
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Contents
The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |