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Robert Alden Rubin

Autor(a) de Poetry Out Loud

10 Works 375 Membros 7 Reviews

Obras de Robert Alden Rubin

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Great collection of poetry with annotations
 
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betty_s | 1 outra resenha | Sep 13, 2023 |
Subtitle: An Illustrated Dictionary of Modern Malapropisms

A thorough non-academic dictionary of malapropisms and eggcorns. (An eggcorn is a malapropism that have a sort of semantic logic, like feeble position.)

The book isn't meant to poke fun at the people who might have written a malapropism, but to serve as a reference of sorts, for those who love language and the different ways it can be shaped, especially accidentally.

Entries are alphabetical, include known variants, possible theories as to how they came to be, examples, and dated citations of sightings on the web.

Lightly amusing and a celebration of the funny side of English, I had a good giggle paging through the entries.
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murderbydeath | Oct 13, 2016 |
Meh.  Rubin's taste and mine don't mesh.  These poems aren't, actually, very easy to read aloud effectively, and insufficient guidance is given.  I do want to write more clerihews (I'd forgotten about that form).  I did like The Heaven of Animals" by James Dickey and do want to read more by him."
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 1 outra resenha | Jun 6, 2016 |
Don't waste your time or money.
 
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lovestampmom | 1 outra resenha | Aug 8, 2013 |

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Obras
10
Membros
375
Popularidade
#64,333
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
7
ISBNs
11

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