An 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).<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Writely or Wrongly considers:<br/>- Why English needs conventions for clarity but also why some things many of us believe are correct or important ain't necessarily so<br/>- Cool things punctuation marks do<br/>- Things that mangle sentences<br/>- Uncool things jargon does<br/>- Common pitfalls<br/>- And much more!<br/><br/><br/>Review: 'It's good to finally have a book to learn us how to use the English language proper' SHAUN MICALLEF