Description
Book SynopsisAn essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us).
Author Joanne Anderson has expanded on the popular tips she shares weekly with writers at Nine mastheads so that readers everywhere can benefit from her entertaining and incisive observations.
Writely or Wrongly considers:
- Why English needs conventions for clarity but also why some things many of us believe are correct or important ain't necessarily so
- Cool things punctuation marks do
- Things that mangle sentences
- Uncool things jargon does
- Common pitfalls
- And much more!
Trade Review'It's good to finally have a book to learn us how to use the English language proper' SHAUN MICALLEF
'Handbook as much as playbook, here's a guide with grammar the subject, and pleasure the object.' DAVID ASTLE
Table of ContentsFirst things first
Chapter 1 A thing or two that got us here
Chapter 2 Things to stay calm about: rules that aren't rules
Chapter 3 That writing thing: are we clear?
Chapter 4 Things that punctuate our lives
Chapter 5 More things that punctuate our lives
Chapter 6 Things that lie in wait to trap us
Chapter 7 The thing about American English
Chapter 8 Befuddling things
Chapter 9 Things to use as argument starters at parties
Chapter 10 Things this book might be asked if it couldbe asked things
Last things last
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
