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Writely or wrongly : an unstuffy guide to language stuff

Writely or wrongly : an unstuffy guide to language stuff

Anderson, Joanne (Journalist), author.
Book 2023

"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)....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 ; T...

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English language Style
English language Usage
English language Written English
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ISBN:
9781922616708
Description:
xiii, 210 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm
Other Title:
Unstuffy guide to language stuff
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203) and index
Contents:
First things first
A thing or two that got us here
Things to stay calm about: rules that aren't rules
That writing thing: are we clear?
Things that punctuate our lives
More things that punctuate our lives
Things that lie in wait to trap us
The thing about American English
Befuddling things
Things to use as argument starters at parties
Things this book might be asked if it could be asked things.
Last things last
Control Number:
3285677
Other Authors:
Golding, Matt, illustrator
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