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Neighboring turkey. Afghanistan reaches an agreement that will keep u. S. Troops in the country. And protests still spreading in hong kong. And well be looking at an effort to save nigerias drill monkeys with a report that half of the population has disappeared. Two months ago, iraqi forces were caught very much by surprise when a large part of their country was overrun. Now they say they are fighting back against isil, and having some success. Significant gains the army says have been made against the fighters against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Iraqi soldiers claim to have reca...

What is called the evasive passive. And accordingly, all the classic style guides advice against using the passive voice. Use the active voice. The active voice is usually more direct and vigorous than the passive. Many sentences can be made lively by substituting a transgent for a per puncher to perfunctory. Notice something fishingal the advice . It uses the passive voice to tell people not to use the passive voice. Similarly, the other iconic body of advice for writing happed out to every college freshman, George Orwells politics of the english language in which he says a mixture of vague y...

Tonight. Next summer Harvard Universitys himelfarb two, author of trade author of the sense of style, discusses how to improve the quality of our writing. Professor pinker says while texting and the internet are putting for developing bad writing habits, writing well has always been a difficult task. The event was held at barnes noble booksellers in new york city. It is just over an hour. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to barnes noble. I am pleased to welcome tonights guest, professor Steven Pinker from the department of psychology at harvard here to introduce his new book, the se...

This week's column from Tom Carpenter.

As of 2003, psychologist Steven Pinker holds the post of Johnstone Family Professor in the Harvard University Department of Psychology. Prior to this ap...