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The Sense of Style
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century | Steven Pinker
Charming and erudite . . . The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem. Time.com Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writingand why should we care? In this entertaining and eminently practical book, the cognitive scientist, dictionary consultant, and New York Timesbestselling author Steven Pinker rethinks the usage guide for the twenty-first century. Using examples of great and gruesome modern prose while avoiding the scolding tone and Spartan tastes of the classic manuals, he shows how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right. The Sense of Style is for writers of all kinds, and for readers who are interested in letters and literature and are curious about the ways in which the sciences of mind can illuminate how language works at its best. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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kspenmoll
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#Alphabetgame #letterS

Two choices; one fiction, one nonfiction.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 2y
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Bibliophile_89
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Still in the middle of this but am loving it. More than just a book of how-to‘s, it showcases Pinker‘s sharp mind with wit, humor, and examples from a host of fields.

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OriginalCyn620 🙌🏻📚🖋 4y
Maria514626 Love this book! Word nerds unite! 4y
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RaimeyGallant
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A funny excerpt from a piece of writing being examined in this writing craft book.

"Dear Abby: My wife sleeps in the raw. Then she showers, brushes her teeth and fixes our breakfast--still in the buff. We're newlyweds and there are just the two of us, so I suppose there's really nothing wrong with it. What do you think?--Ed
Dear Ed: It's O.K. with me. But tell her to put on an apron when she's frying bacon."

GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 5y
simpledutchgirl 😂hilarious! 5y
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Post---OAP Thank you for the information concerning Litsy and Littens! Very helpful. 5y
RaimeyGallant @Post---OAP My pleasure! 5y
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rabbitprincess
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Signed book from last night's Writers Festival event. This book came out just as I was starting out as a technical writer and I found it immensely useful, particularly for explaining to authors about the curse of knowledge.

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aeeklund
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Well, @BarbaraJean beat me to it, but this type of #style is as stylish as I get. 😬

#jubilantjuly
#amwriting #amediting #freelance

BarbaraJean We just have a different sense of style!! 😏 7y
aeeklund @BarbaraJean I love it!! 👊 7y
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AlexMay
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"Thinking of grammar as the original sharing app makes it much more interesting and much more useful"
Haha! Fair point.

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felorawillread
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Style, at least, adds beauty to the world. To a literate reader, a crisp sentence, an arresting metaphor, a witty aside, an elegant turn of phrase are among life's greatest pleasures.

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