Re: Disagreeing with house styles

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Peter's dead-on correct. It would also help to have evidence of
industry/globally approved standards and be ready to explain how
adhering to them makes you look better in the eyes of your audience.

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Peter Hirons <peter -at- galley -dot- ie> wrote:
> I think I'd find out who was the owner of the style guide and start a
> discussion.  As the sole writer you should be in a good position to change
> things.
>
> If the person who wrote the guide is still there you need to explain that
> the language evolves, if not then just say they were wrong :-)


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