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Comment author: Username 18 November 2014 04:08:28AM *  2 points [-]

chuunibyou, heterodoxy, steelmanning, grandstanding via vocab

But really, it is a hard one to notice in yourself, and a hard one to fix without actually becoming an expert.

I present exhibit A.

(Meant lightly, but this really is a good example of phrasing that could be unnecessarily confusing to an average reader.)

Comment author: Artaxerxes 18 November 2014 04:21:00AM *  0 points [-]

I can see what you mean, but rephrasing what someone else has said is the opposite of using unnecessarily confusing phrasing, no? It's just good practice, and a big part of what the guide to words stuff was all about.

But you're right, I should probably put in a link for steelmanning, just in case.

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