Watch Your Language: Words and How to Use Them the ABC Way

If you want to know when to use ‘affect’ instead of ‘effect’, what to do about colloquialisms-quack, arvo, tinnie-or how to avoid discriminatory language, this book has the answers.

It is a collection in alphabetical order of words and phrases which cause doubt or confusion, and advice about them from the experts of the ABC’s Standing Committee on Spoken English. So, if you’re wondering whether to say ‘fish’ or ‘fishes, or if you’re tempted to say ‘at this point in time’, Watch Your Language!