The crux of this argument was explored with more eloquence and substance by Orwell in his essay Politics and the English Language[1]. I also agree with some of

The crux of this argument was explored with more eloquence and substance by Orwell in his essay Politics and the English Language[1]. I also agree with some of Orwell's critics, that these rules only hold water for pursuasive and/or [mildly] polemic writing, which is largely the style of tech blogging. Personally I would like to see more tech writing in the Joycean tradition. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Lan...