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03097cam a2200397 i 4500 |
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2014004509 |
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DLC |
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20190729105429.0 |
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140303s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2014004509 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780670025855 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
MvI |
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MiTN |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PE1421 |
| Item number |
.P56 2014 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
808/.042 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
LAN028000 |
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LAN006000 |
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REF026000 |
| Number source |
bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Pinker, Steven, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1954- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The sense of style : |
| Remainder of title |
the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Steven Pinker. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Viking Adult, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 359 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
22cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| 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"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| 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"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Style. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Grammar. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Style Manuals. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
REFERENCE / Writing Skills. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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u378956 |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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PE1421 .P56 2014 |
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LC |
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EY8Z |
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33039001336980 |
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27015 |