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Q&A Writing guides for writing like the Oxbridge tradition?

I would like to know how to write in accordance with the Oxbridge tradition. I would like to know more about their writing style and if possible get a book that teaches it, or something similar to ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Eli Rotenberg‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:37:12Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Eli Rotenberg‭ · 2019-12-08T05:37:12Z (over 4 years ago)
I would like to know how to write in accordance with the Oxbridge tradition. I would like to know more about their writing style and if possible get a book that teaches it, or something similar to it.

An instance of the kind of writing I wish to mimic is Alasdair Macintyre’s After Virtue.

**Note:** I don't wish to get a reference to another kind of reference book. I want a book that could guide me through the writer's thinking process in that particular style, things like: how does he construct a sentence? whence the vocabulary from? etc.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-09-22T14:20:41Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 1