I'm in the middle of reading On Writing Well right now, and have had exactly the same complaint about the examples. There have been multiple examples that I exp

I'm in the middle of reading On Writing Well right now, and have had exactly the same complaint about the examples. There have been multiple examples that I expected him to be using as a demonstration of what not to do, but that he then went on to praise. I'm still enjoying the book overall and think it has a lot of useful advice, but it's confusing to have so many examples that seem to directly contradict the principles it advocates.