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Copyright © 2014 by Steven Pinker
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Illustration credits
52: MacNelly editorial, © Jeff MacNelly—distributed by King Features
57: CartoonStock
61: James Stevenson / The New Yorker Collection / www.cartoonbank.com
79: Shoe © 1993 Jeff MacNelly—distributed by King Features
202: Bizarro used with permission of Dan Piraro, King Features Syndicate and the Cartoonist Group. All rights reserved.
284: © 2007 Harry Bliss. Used with permission of Pippin Properties, Inc.
294: Copyright 2008 by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
297: William Haefeli / The New Yorker Collection / www.cartoonbank.com
298: Zippy the Pinhead © 1997 Griffith—distributed by King Features Syndicate, world rights reserved
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Pinker, Steven, 1954–
The sense of style : the thinking person’s guide to writing in the 21st century / Steven Pinker.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eBook ISBN 978-0-698-17030-8
1. English language—Style. 2. English language—Grammar. I. Title.
PE1421.P56 2014
808'.042—dc23 2014004509