[FRIAM] Abducktion
thompnickson2 at gmail.com
thompnickson2 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 9 14:30:03 EDT 2020
G and J,
OK. I will stipulate that Pinker has a point if you will stipulate that
Pinker is a smug jerk. Pinker does seem to be reaching for general
principles of good style, as opposed to rules of thumb. I should try to get
over the hair and listen to what he says.
N
Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale
Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion
... and just for additional fun, Glen recently posted this video of Stephen
Pinker on style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5J6BfToSw&feature=youtu.be&t=1455
The link above is queued to the moment where Strunk and White recommend
(while using the passive voice) avoiding the passive voice.
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