You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: How to Think about Style Product review: Thomas and Turner offer a provocative approach to writing style. This is not a manual or reference book that you can consult for simple directions on correcting grammar or streamlining sentences. Instead, the authors examine the fundamental questions that underlie the stylistic choices we make. (For example, what is the nature of truth? what is the relationship between language and the truth?) The book focuses on the style they call "classic prose," but they also describe (and give both good and bad examples of) other prose styles, and they are honest about the shortcomings of classic prose and the situations when other styles are better suited to the purpose of writing. The book would be more useful if there were more direct discussion of how specific surface features of an example relate to the author's philosophical stance, but it is a rewarding and thought-provoking text that may well change how you think about writing.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Not that Great Product review: I was really disappointed in this book. I had great expectations, but I have to agree with some others that the constant whining and crying was hard to take. I don't feel as though she achieved any level of enlightenment, as it seemed more important to convey her very judgmental comments regarding ALL Republicans. It sounds like she is more of an immature Democratic tifoso. The Dr. Phil type character at the Ashram was so grating that I couldn't wait for him to go home!! The charitable inclination to help the family in Bali would have been admirable if she had not used it to write a best-seller. I do wish her the best on her spiritual journey.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: great enhancer to hair products Product review: My hairstylist turned me on to this stuff. This is a great in between washings product. Especially where my hair starts to frizz. A few sprays of this in strategic areas, and it starts to work and re-activate the product already in my hair.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Sick and Twisted Love Triangle with Bombs Product review: I did not like this movie. It had a weird love triangle that made me sick. It was historically inaccurate. The computer-generated graphics (looked phony) didn't mesh well with the real photography. The love scenes were sickening and did not portray "The Greatest Generation" fairly. It did not portray the social and moral standards of 1941. They made this movie for a sick and twisted audience. My guess is most people who lived through pearl harbor would think the movie did not portray the events of December 1941 very well.
