The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
$42.93
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
27 September 2011
Summary
Early in the history of English, the words “grammar” and “glamour” meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of WRITING TOOLS and the forthcoming HELP! FOR WRITERS, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging alternative to stuffy instructionals.
Now in paperback, this widely praised practical guide demonstrates everything from the different parts of speech to why effective writers prefer concrete nouns and active verbs. Above all, Clark tea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316027908 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316027901 |
| Author: | Roy Peter Clark |
| Publisher: | Little Brown and Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 137mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
A streamlined, accessible, witty book…[Clark] is a coach rather than a scold, encouraging readers to ‘live inside the language. - Colette Bancroft, St. Petersburg Times
[Clark] is not of the hectoring, bullying school of language advice. He is an encourager…A good book for an aspiring writer, human and sensible about the great craft, relishing its possibilities and its power. - John E. McIntyre, The Baltimore SuN
Who knew that a discussion of grammar could induce laughter? This is an eminently readable, extremely enjoyable guide that readers will find highly useful on their path to development, not just as writers, but as readers. - Publishers Weekly
Roy Peter Clark, the Jedi master of writing coaches, has delivered another indispensable classic for every author, young and old. The Glamour of Grammar crackles with wit and wisdom and with page after page of rock-solid strategies to guide writers toward prose that sings with vivid clarity. - Thomas French, author of Zoo Story
If grammar is medicine, then Roy Clark gives us the spoonful of sugar to help it go down. A wonderful tour through the labyrinth of language. - Anne Hull, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The Washington Post
About The Author
Roy Peter Clark
Roy Peter Clark is vice president and senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, one of the most prestigious schools for journalists in the world. He has taught writing at every level - to schoolchildren and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors - for more than thirty years, and has spoken about the writer’s craft on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NPR, and The Today Show; at conferences from Singapore to Brazil; and at news organizations from The New York Times to The Sowetan in South Africa. A writer who teaches and a teacher who writes, he has authored or edited fifteen books about writing and journalism, including his most recent, WRITING TOOLS. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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