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Subject:Re: Experience with Style Guide From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 3 Dec 1996 12:44:00 -0600
Stacey Roberts wrote:
> Synopsis:
> Wired magazine's top editors have weighed thousands of new terms,
> phrases, idioms, and usages of the language since the advent of the
> global village. Elements of Style is no longer sufficient as a guide to
> English usage--Wired America needs Wired Style.
Yikes, what sort of contribution could the editors of Wired make to
English usage? How to use "warez" in a sentence? How to write like a
really cool netdude? I think I'll avoid this one.
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