Writely or Wrongly An unstuffy guide to the stuff of language

• 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!

Joanne Anderson has worked as a journalist on major publications in Australia and Hong Kong. She joined The Age's subediting team in 2004, eventually becoming chief desk editor, a role in which she herds thousands of words each day and adjudicates on tricky language questions. She has worked on in-house style guides and written a weekly newsletter on English use for staff at The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and their sister publications. Joanne lives in Melbourne but does not like Aussie rules.

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