Why settle for a normal book on Grammar when you could learn new things about it and become your own best self at the same time? If you\'re looking for a traditional manual of rules, this much-acclaimed, groundbreaking book by a cofounder of Harvard University\'s Writing Center may not be the one for you.
PLEASE NOTE: Grammar for a Full Life is not a book intended for the person new to the English la.
Pioneer in mind-body studies Joan Borysenko writes, If you read just one book this year, let this be the one.
Cornel West calls it brilliant and original.
Praise for Grammar for a Full Life has been coming in from thought leaders of all kinds, ranging from well-known authors on language, such as Anne Fadiman, Lynne Truss, and Richard Lederer, to influential spiritual thinkers, like Rabbi Lawrence Kushner.
Your regard for the conjunction but is likely to soar.
You will never think of commas or possessive pronouns in the same way again.
As important a book as his is, it\'s conversational throughout-and it\'s packed with numerous compelling, clear examples.
No reader should be intimidated by Weinstein\'s university credentials.
The farther one gets into this remarkable book, the clearer it becomes that Weinstein\'s wish-for both himself and us-is actualization of the whole person, through language.
Even fear of death receives its own, almost lyrical chapter near book\'s end.
In a chapter titled Bonding, even sex comes in for some grammatical attention.
There is not too much about personality and life that Weinstein doesn\'t see benefitting from a wiser use of grammar.
You\'ll discover how-paradoxically-cutting back on the intensifiers (exclamation marks and words like really, absolutely) heightens our awareness of the world.
In the book, you\'ll learn, for instance, why a greater use of active voice constructions builds assertive energy in us.
In this wonderfully readable book, he describes some forty transformative moves that can be made with English punctuation and syntax.
Weinstein shows that certain tweaks to a person\'s Grammar can bring consequential changes in his or her fulfillment and well-being. sense of agency in lifecreativitydepth of connection to othersand mindfulness.
In Grammar for a Full Life, author Lawrence Weinstein reveals how our grammatical choices either stifle or boost our...
Grammar is about much more than rules: it\'s about choices, too-since a thought can alWays be expressed correctly in multiple ways.
Why settle for a normal book on Grammar when you could learn new things about it and become your own best self at the same time? If you\'re looking for a traditional manual of rules, this much-acclaimed, groundbreaking book by a cofounder of Harvard University\'s Writing Center may not be the one for you
