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Mangled English

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Sometimes what we say and write can lead to a great deal of misunderstanding and unintentional humour, as bestselling author and former school inspector Gervase Phinn shows in his book 'Gervase Phinn's Mangled English', a humorous anthology of the mistakes, misprints, malapropisms and misunderstandings in the English language. It includes book requests and book titles ; people's names ; proverbs ; spoonerisms ; classroom howlers ; malapropisms and euphemisms ; newspaper misprints ; and epitaphs .

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Hardcover

Release: October 01, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781855683198

Mangled English

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Sometimes what we say and write can lead to a great deal of misunderstanding and unintentional humour, as bestselling author and former school inspector Gervase Phinn shows in his book 'Gervase Phinn's Mangled English', a humorous anthology of the mistakes, misprints, malapropisms and misunderstandings in the English language. It includes book requests and book titles ; people's names ; proverbs ; spoonerisms ; classroom howlers ; malapropisms and euphemisms ; newspaper misprints ; and epitaphs .

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Hardcover

Release: October 01, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781855683198

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