As a humanities sort I appreciate this but the scripts sort of go against the general thrust of the text since the scripts can not understand context or semanti

As a humanities sort I appreciate this but the scripts sort of go against the general thrust of the text since the scripts can not understand context or semantics, it feels like they would push many towards blindly following prescription instead of what he is advocating for. I think elaboration would have served better than bad, better and good examples which do not explain the issues and assume the reader will intuitively understand. We get some elaboration but not enough. Gardner's Modern English Grammar should also be the primary recommendation for further reading, Gardner has a gift for explaining the nuances of these things. Style guides are guides for the style of a given publication or writing within a discipline, not guides on writing well or with style.