The glamour of grammar a guide to the magic and mystery of practical English

Main Author:	Clark, Roy Peter.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	English language > Grammar.

Physical Description:	x, 294 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780316027915 031602791X
Author Notes:	Roy Peter Clark was born in 1948 in New York City and raised on Long Island. He graduated from Providence College in Rhode Island with a degree in English and earned a PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was hired by St. Petersburg Times in 1977 to become a writing coach. He worked with the American Society of Newspaper Editors to improve newspaper writing nationwide. He was soon elected a distinguished service member which was a rare honor for a journalist who has never edited a newspaper. He has nurtured Pulitzer Prize winning writers such as Thomas French and Diana Sugg. He has worked full-time at The Poynter Institute starting in 1979 as director of the writing center, dean of the faculty, senior scholar and vice president. He has authored or edited several books on journalism and writing such as: Free to Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers; Coaching Writers: Editors and Reporters Working Together Across Media Platforms and Glamour of Grammar. (Bowker Author Biography)