I get concerned whenever Dan Brown pops up again – back for more money? – and then get angry. Never in this century have lucrative writing and digestible English been prised so far apart. (Last century? I pick John Gray.) Yuck.

Agree? Good.

Disagree? See how you can stomach the Telegraph’s pick of “Dan Brown’s 20 worst sentences”.

My favourite –

Only those with a keen eye would notice his 14-karat gold bishop’s ring with purple amethyst, large diamonds, and hand-tooled mitre-crozier appliqué.

Dan, put the pen down, take your millions – and shuffle off!

Sorry – I’ll ask in a way you’ll understand:

Shuffle off…radiating a fiery clarity that forecast[s] [your] reputation for unblinking [suckiness] in all matters.

Boooo.

Tags: bad grammar, book review, Dan Brown