Comments on: Steven Pinker’s Style Guide

By: minusRusty

minusRusty — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:07:30 +0000

Thanks for the link to the video, Carl. But somehow, I get the sense it still wouldn’t replace a workshop with you at the helm. Sadly, Yale is a bit too far east for this non-science non-grad non-student.

-Rusty

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:55:40 +0000

The classic “Elements of Style” by Strunk & White still remains a most valuable reminder at the beginning of each and every large writing project.

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Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:37:29 +0000

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By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:39:34 +0000

Thanks for the link to that video.

I’m a computer programmer by trade; and I sometimes find expository writing, from comments in the code to larger documentation of a whole system, a bit of a struggle. There often seems to be a trade-off between making a paragraph readable while making each sentence true and unambiguous. Hopefully 8-), the video will help me.