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A teacher’s adventurous life, distilled into an unlikely book

The Mountain Man’s Field Guide to Grammar, which was released last year, is probably the only grammar book to include “grifter” and “pemmican” in its glossary and to teach the simple sentence with examples such as “Dirty Doris spit tobacco juice.” Read about the book’s author, Gary Spina, in this article from The New York Times.

Posted by Steve Groft on 14 March 2007 in Feature , Writing

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