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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Mar 2014

    My next book, The Sense of Style:The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century, availaible for preorder http://goo.gl/XKKCUX 

    5:38 AM - 13 Mar 2014
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      2. MC Pastoret‏ @brittyknows 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @TBlackford3 SEPTEMBER 30?! We have to wait till autumn? We still haven't seen spring! That's a long wait...

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      3. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @brittyknows

        @brittyknows Yeah, I know. The wait will be somewhat bearable because of a new @StephenKing novel in the interim.

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      4. MC Pastoret‏ @brittyknows 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @TBlackford3

        @TBlackford3 @StephenKing Oh, but you'll have that read too soon, and THEN what? Must school myself in patience--not!

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      5. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @brittyknows

        @brittyknows Haha! I know. I keep myself busy reading all the books I haven't read yet.

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      6. MC Pastoret‏ @brittyknows 15 Mar 2014
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        @TBlackford3 Thankfully we all have a stockpile of those... We're bound to find a treasure among them.

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      1. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 15 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker You have no idea how excited I am for this book!

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      1. Christopher‏ @Zooey81 14 Mar 2014
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        Xmas list amended @sapinker: The Sense of Style:The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century, preorder http://goo.gl/XKKCUX 

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      1. Jimi Bostock‏ @jimibostock 13 Mar 2014
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        Can't wait it get my hands on “@sapinker: The Sense of Style:The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

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      1. Pearl Yonick‏ @pyonick 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker tell Amazon there's an apostrophe in Person's

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      1. David Katz‏ @_dkatz 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker it'll be great, but personally I'd love science synthesis books. Please do more of that. Your fan, David.

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      1. Bill Craske‏ @crask1 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker How do you manage to write such excellent books in such a short time!

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      2. Andrew Ferguson‏ @onjrew 13 Mar 2014
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        @kendrajennie “@sapinker: My new book The Sense of Style:The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century http://goo.gl/XKKCUX ”

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      3. Kendra Jennie‏ @kendrajennie 13 Mar 2014
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        @onjrew hahahaha thank you!!!

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      1. ElenaBennett‏ @ElenaBennett 13 Mar 2014
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        Preorder now!! @sapinker's The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century http://goo.gl/XKKCUX ”

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      1. Judith Donath‏ @judithd 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Are there any sample sections available to read now? Looking forward to reading the full book in Sept!

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      1. Jacinto Dávila‏ @jacintodavila 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker no eBook? Thanks

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      1. Kai Kupferschmidt‏ @kakape 13 Mar 2014
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        Can't wait to read it. My treat for October. MT @sapinker: My next book, The Sense of Style availaible for preorder http://goo.gl/XKKCUX ”

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      1. Frank @frhuy@mastodon.social‏ @fhuysmans 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Sounds great. We'll have to wait all summer… ever considered releasing it in #oa?

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      1. Pamela Angeles‏ @pamelangeles 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker can I find it in kindle format? I am from D.R. I can not get it paperback.

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      1. Charley Peng‏ @chidpen 13 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker Is there any sort of preview ebook release before the publication date?

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