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I've read it and I found it to be the most useful book on writing I've read so far, because he grounds his advice in clear linguistic principles and he is mostly not prescriptivist in his advice.

His advice about keeping an easy-to-understand sentence tree alone is worth the price of admission.

Pinker made it easy for me to slip into my own thoughts about writing, how I currently write, and how I would like to write in the future. Just for that I thought it was worth it. However Pinker has Opinions about writing rather than just suggestions. Be prepared to disagree with what he says and how he says it. I suspect he would be glad for you to do both.

I've read Elements of Style but not this one. I'll check it out thanks.