Mechanically Inclined Quotes

“..English teachers often take a right-wrong stance. I'd rather my students take a thinking stance.”
― Jeff Anderson, Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop

“Grammar includes all the principles that guide the structure of sentences and paragraphs: syntax-the flow of language; usage-how we use words in different situations; and rules-predetermined boundaries and patterns that govern language in a particular society. Mechanics, on the other hand, are ways we punctuate whatever we are trying to say in our writing: punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing, formatting.”
― Jeff Anderson, Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop