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Pinker, Steven, 1954-

Summary: A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker 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 writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn't carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. In this short, cheerful, and eminently practical book, Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse-engineer the good prose of others. He replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, allowing writers and editors to apply the guidelines judiciously, rather than robotically, being mindful of what they are designed to accomplish. Filled with examples of great and gruesome prose, Pinker shows us how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right.--

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London, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2014

Extent: viii, 359 pages

Isbn: 9781846145506

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Label: The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century

Title: The sense of style

Title remainder: the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century

Statement of responsibility: Steven Pinker

Title variation: Sense of style

Title variation remainder: the thinking person's guide to writing in the twenty first century

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Pinker, Steven, 1954-

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Language: eng

Summary: A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker 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 writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn't carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. In this short, cheerful, and eminently practical book, Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse-engineer the good prose of others. He replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, allowing writers and editors to apply the guidelines judiciously, rather than robotically, being mindful of what they are designed to accomplish. Filled with examples of great and gruesome prose, Pinker shows us how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right.--

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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate: 1954-

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Pinker, Steven

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The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century

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London, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2014

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index

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Control code: FIEb17610187

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Extent: viii, 359 pages

Isbn: 9781846145506

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Label: The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century, Steven Pinker

Publication

London, Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2014

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Carrier category: volume

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Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier.

Content category

text
still image

Content type code

Content type MARC source

rdacontent.
rdacontent.

Control code: FIEb17610187

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Extent: viii, 359 pages

Isbn: 9781846145506

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia.

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Other physical details: illustrations

System control number: (OCoLC)870919633

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