Friday, 6 May 2016

... an FAQ.

Make your HTML as simple as possible. HTML is an evolving standard, and one that may be completely obsolete in the long term. Use of advanced features may just mean that your version will be obsolete or unreadable that much faster.

—Project Gutenberg's HTML FAQ. By changing a few terms, one could modify this to excellent writing advice. The English language is evolving; it's dangerous to your prose's longevity to bet on today's slang being around tomorrow.

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