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A comment on The Elements of Bureaucratic Style. Parent comment

Re:The Elements of Bureaucratic Style by TeMPOraL on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:47AM (#14114127)
I use the same process, though I realized that to do that effectively you need to have appropriate vocabulary. An occasional press release you stumble upon, or a dystopian sci-fi movie/novel you read, serve as good sources of useful phrases.
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Re:The Elements of Bureaucratic Style by Bartweiss on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:45AM (#14114736)
Political press releases are fantastic for this. "If by whiskey" has become infamous, but the actual technique can still be made quite subtle. Similarly, "neither confirm nor deny" is a trope, but it was originally a lesson in avoiding giving away negative information.
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Re:The Elements of Bureaucratic Style by di4na on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:08AM (#14114511)
Well i read a _lot_. Like during 10 years i read one book per day or more. I am lower now, but i am slowly getting back to it. So i think i have the vocabulary anyway. It is deeply engrained into me now.
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