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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by Steven Pinker
Started reading April 21, 2020
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what is style, after all, but the effective use of words to engage the human mind?
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Classic writing, with its assumption of equality between writer and reader, makes the reader feel like a genius. Bad writing makes the reader feel like a dunce.