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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by criddell on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:35PM (#20063092)
If you've read Steven Pinker's book Sense of Style, I'd be interested to hear where it falls short in comparison to Elements of Style.
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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by Veen on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:43PM (#20065739)
Elements of Style is the one that falls short. Pinker’s book is based on an understanding of how grammar actually works. Strunk and White is not.
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