Writing Classic Prose
by Francis-Noël Thomas
Recommended by Steven Pinker
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For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. FrancisNo Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentati...
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