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>I know that contractions shouldn't be used in tech writing, but
>I can't find where it says this.
If they're so bad, why did you use two of them in your first sentence?
But you can probably find a statement of "never use contractions" right
next to the statement of "documentation is to be written in the passive
voice."
I was taught both rules, but I managed to shake them off.
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