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The sense of style

A writing guide grounded in cognitive science and linguistics, explaining what makes prose clear and elegant and why so much professional writing fails on both counts

by Steven Pinker

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A guide to writing English informed by recent scholarship (linguistics, cognative science, and such like).

Why I picked it up
Steven Pinker on writing well, grounded in cognitive science and linguistics. One of my go-to references for clear, direct prose.
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