Editing Steven Pinker (section)

===English writing style in the 21st century===

In his seventh popular book, ''[[The Sense of Style|The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century]]'' (2014), Pinker attempts to provide a writing style guide that is informed by modern science and psychology, given that [[William Strunk Jr.|William Strunk]] wrote ''[[The Elements of Style]]'' in 1918, nearly a full century prior to Pinker’s publication.<ref name="SofS01">{{cite web|title=Steven Pinker: Using Grammar as a Tool, Not as a Weapon|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/steven_pinker_using_grammar_as_a_tool_not_as_a_weapon/|website=[[Point of Inquiry]]|publisher=[[Center for Inquiry]]|access-date=January 9, 2017|date=November 10, 2014|archive-date=May 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519042143/http://www.pointofinquiry.org/steven_pinker_using_grammar_as_a_tool_not_as_a_weapon|url-status=dead}}</ref>