TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petras,Kathryn
AU  - Petras,Ross
TI  - Wretched writing: a compendium of crimes against the English language 
SN  - 9780399159244 (pbk.)
AV  - PN 6231  P493w 2013
U1  - 808.02/0207 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - A Perigee Book
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Humor
KW  - English language
KW  - Style
KW  - Terms and phrases
KW  - Literary style
KW  - Clichés
KW  - Paternidad literaria
KW  - Inglés
KW  - Términos y frases
KW  - Estilo literario
N1  - Includes index
N2  - 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
ER  -