He "is head of linguistics and English language at the University of Edinburgh and co-author (with Rodney Huddleston) of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language".
But, go ahead and write like Strunk if you want to sound like a stiff 1890s dandy.
http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549...
He "is head of linguistics and English language at the University of Edinburgh and co-author (with Rodney Huddleston) of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language".
But, go ahead and write like Strunk if you want to sound like a stiff 1890s dandy.