The sense of style : (Record no. 157434)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2014004509
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780241957714
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082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 808.04
Edition number PIN-S
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pinker, Steven
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The sense of style :
Remainder of title the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century
Statement of responsibility, etc by Steven Pinker
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin,
Date of publication, distribution, etc ©2015
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 359 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-338) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc " 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"--
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Pinker has a lot of ideas and sometimes controversial opinions about writing and in this entertaining and instructive book he rethinks the usage guide for the 21st century. Don't blame the internet, he says, good writing has always been hard. It requires imagination, taking pleasure in reading, overcoming the difficult we all have in imaging what it's like to not know something we do know"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English language
General subdivision Style.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English language
General subdivision Grammar.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Style Manuals.
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element REFERENCE / Writing Skills.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Literature IIITD IIITD General Stacks 27/07/2022 2022-23/0301 2022-07-16 419.30 IIITD/LIC/BS/2021/02/14 2022-07-07   808.04 PIN-S 011077 27/07/2022 599.00 27/07/2022 Indica Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. Books
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