October 30, 2008

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes about Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark

Roy Peter Clark, a writing guru at the Poynter Institute, writes this week about a grammar subject near and dear to my heart: the subjunctive tense.

Clark deftly leads us through the indicative, interrogative and impertive moods before moving on to subjunctive. It’s a wonderful, clear explanation for anyone who knows that good writing starts with a strong structural foundation. If your structure (grammar) is bad, the readers will notice, even if they can’t tell exactly what’s wrong. 


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Bill Mitchell is the former CEO and publisher of the National Catholic Reporter. He was editor of Poynter Online from 1999 to 2009. Before joining…
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