On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:23 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
When was the last time you looked at the Wikipedia Manual of Style for
use in your own writing? And not to tell someone else they were wrong
about something.
What's wrong with that? That's how most rulebooks work - people
internalise the rules, and only consult the written form when two
people's understanding of the rule differs.
The reverse case would be worse: if you were frequently consulting the
MoS before making changes, it would imply that the rules were
arbitrary, hard to remember, and lacked internal logic and
consistency.
Steve