Roy Peter Clark

Quotes

• “Whether the vessel is a legal document or a rap song, language is often chosen ot exclude. To use a scholarly phrase, "d...”
• “All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a pond. The good ...”
• “But doesn't add something to what has come before; but takes something away. At its most daring, it can feel like a Bat ...”
• “The bridge between the words glamour and grammar is magic. According to the OED, glamour evolved through an ancient asso...”
• “A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.”