This may be more a thing for learners of English as a foreign language, but in the institution where I learned the language at the C level, we were encouraged t

This may be more a thing for learners of English as a foreign language, but in the institution where I learned the language at the C level, we were encouraged to buy, read, and apply foreign language style guides, e.g. the one from the Economist [1]. The text you copied reads a lot like something you would find in such a style guide. [1] http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/style_guide_12.pdf http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/sty...