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Re:Good Plain English: The problem with writing manuals by emmelaich on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @11:33PM (#13703026)
Very few guides follow their own advice.

William Safire satirised it nicely in his Fumblerules.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumblerules

http://dmorgan.web.wesleyan.edu/materials/safire.htm

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Re:Good Plain English: The problem with writing manuals by jaclaz on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:43AM (#13704128)
Also, JFYI, Umberto Eco's Rules for writing (well):

http://gioclairval.blogspot.it/2010/02/umberto-ecos-rules-fo...

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