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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Pinker, Steven, 1954-     Subjects     English language -- Style.     English language -- Rhetoric.     English language -- Grammar.     English language -- Terms and phrases.     English language -- Sentences.     Style, Literary.     Authorship -- Style manuals.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pinker, Steven, 1954-       by title:      The sense of style :...       by call number:      808.042 P655s     Search the Web     Pinker, Steven, 1954-     English language -- Style.     English language -- Rhetoric.     English language -- Grammar.     English language -- Terms and phrases.     English language -- Sentences.     Style, Literary.     Authorship -- Style manuals.       MARC Display

The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century / Steven Pinker. by Pinker, Steven, 1954- Viking, 2014. Call #: 808.042 P655s Subjects English language -- Style.   English language -- Rhetoric.   English language -- Grammar.   English language -- Terms and phrases.   English language -- Sentences.   Style, Literary.   Authorship -- Style manuals. ISBN:  9780670025855 (hc.) 0670025852 (hc.) Alternate title:  Style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century Writing in the 21st century Description:  viii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-338) and index. Contents:  Good writing -- A window onto the world -- The curse of knowledge -- The web, the tree, and the string -- Arcs of coherence -- Telling right from wrong. Summary:  "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? Linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker rethinks the usage guide for the 21st century, applying insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. In this short, cheerful, and 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"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 P655s Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 P655s Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 P655s Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 P655s Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 P655s Core Collection - Adult Checked out Jul 03, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 P655s Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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