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Author Weinstein, Larry, 1948- author.

Title Grammar for a full life : how the ways we shape a sentence can limit or enlarge us / Lawrence Weinstein.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Lexigraphic Publishing, [2020]
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  425 WEINSTEIN    Check Shelf
Description 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Weinstein shows that certain tweaks to a person's grammar can bring consequential changes in his or her fulfillment and well-being. In this wonderfully readable book, he describes some forty transformative moves that can be made with English punctuation and syntax. In the book, you'll learn, for instance, why a greater use of active voice constructions builds assertive energy in us. You'll discover how -- paradoxically -- cutting back on the "intensifiers" (exclamation marks and words like really, absolutely) heightens our awareness of the world. 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"--Amazon.com.
Contents Grammar to take life in hand -- Grammar for creative passivity -- Grammar for belonging -- Grammar for freedom -- Grammar for morale -- Grammar for mindfulness -- Grammar for the end.
Subject English language -- Grammar -- Psychological aspects.
Expression (Philosophy)
English language -- Grammar -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00911219
Expression (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst00918886
ISBN 9781734692709 (paperback)
1734692707 (paperback)
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