03329cam a2200361 4500 530854810 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780553545838 0553545833 b52c6147-2dd4-4312-b739-6642c6ff073b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1665150 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pinker, Steven, 1954- The Sense of Style [Libby Audiobook] : The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. Books on Tape, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 342MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 342MB. HTML:<b>A short and entertaining audiobook on the modern art of writing well by <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Steven Pinker</b><br /> <br /> 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?<br /> <br /> In <i>The Sense of Style</i>, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the twenty-first 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <b>Includes a PDF of the Glossary and Grammar Trees.</b>. Language Arts. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Earphones Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Morey, Arthur. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1665150-TheSenseOfStyle.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1665150-TheSenseOfStyle.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B52C6147-2DD4-4312-B739-6642C6FF073B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1665150-TheSenseOfStyle.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1665150-TheSenseOfStyle.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B52C6147-2DD4-4312-B739-6642C6FF073B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)