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1. abc3354 · 1789685184 · focus · HN ↗

   This article was so much better than what I though it would be

   Does anyone know about "Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace" ? Seems like an interesting book

   1. K0nserv · 1789747759 · focus · HN ↗

      I've been reading Steven Pinker's "The Sense of Style". Unlike "The Elements of Style", which is fine, it does a good job anchoring its suggestion in first principals. I do think I need to read a book on grammar to truly appreciate it though.

      "On Writing" is another book like "The Elements of Style", both are too prescriptive, albeit not useless.

      1. dwhitney · 1789786285 · focus · HN ↗

         Steven Pinker’s “The Language Instinct” is not a bad book for learning grammar. It’s a book about linguistics - not specifically grammar, but it covers diagramming sentences, and grammar falls out from there
      2. Tomte · 1789831852 · focus · HN ↗

         I found his description of Classical Style very confusing and disorganized. You‘re much better off reading the original, Thomas & Turner.

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