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02243aam a22004334i 4500 001 60EBFE8E152711E3AA706A77DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 130422s2013 nyu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013009307 020 $a 039915924X (pbk.) 020 $a 9780399159244 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)796756352 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d GK8 $d SFR $d VP@ $d IHI $d LG@ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN6231.A77 $b P48 2013 082 00 $a 808.02/0207 $2 23 100 1 $a Petras, Ross. 245 10 $a Wretched writing : $b a compendium of crimes against the English language / $c Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b A Perigee book, published by the Penguin Group, $c 2013. 300 $a ix, 214 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a "Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it's very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad. It's also very funny. A celebration of the worst writing imaginable, Wretched Writing includes inadvertently filthy book titles, ridiculously overwrought passages from novels, bombastic and confusing speeches, moronic oxymorons, hyperactive hyperbole, horribly inappropriate imagery in ostensibly hot sex scenes, mangled cliche muddled metaphors, and unintended double entendres. Sit back and enjoy these deliciously dreadful samples, and try not to cringe too much"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Authorship $v Humor. 650 0 $a English language $x Style $v Humor. 650 0 $a English language $v Humor. $v Humor. 650 0 $a Style, Literary $v Humor. 650 0 $a ClicheÌs. 700 1 $a Petras, Kathryn. 941 $a 6 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110053206.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717024212.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006072733.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20151216020744.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20150901011308.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150509013653.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60EBFE8E152711E3AA706A77DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b LG@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search