From 27102ec2697d9417f3eb052a8e419f69a589772c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Linnane Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:45:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Prose-Style-Guidelines: remove archive.org link Signed-off-by: Patrick Linnane --- docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md index 33c85fee9a4e2..3a867d5dc48ae 100644 --- a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md +++ b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Homebrew's audience includes users with a wide range of education and experience We strive for "correct" but not "fancy" usage. Think newspaper article, not academic paper. -This is a set of guidelines to be applied using human judgement, not a set of hard and fast rules. It is like [The Economist's Style Guide](https://web.archive.org/web/20170830001125/https://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction) or [Garner's Modern American Usage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garner's_Modern_American_Usage). It is less like the [Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/ruby-style-guide#the-ruby-style-guide). All guidelines here are open to interpretation and discussion. 100% conformance to these guidelines is *not* a goal. +This is a set of guidelines to be applied using human judgement, not a set of hard and fast rules. It is like [Garner's Modern American Usage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garner's_Modern_American_Usage). It is less like the [Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/ruby-style-guide#the-ruby-style-guide). All guidelines here are open to interpretation and discussion. 100% conformance to these guidelines is *not* a goal. The intent of this document is to help authors make decisions about clarity, style, and consistency. It is not to help settle arguments about who knows English better. Don't use this document to be a jerk. From 42ef45591ee4840ec852a258b241472d33468d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Linnane Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:54:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Prose-Style-Guidelines: use Economist pdf link Co-authored-by: Carlo Cabrera <30379873+carlocab@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick Linnane --- docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md index 3a867d5dc48ae..77390e04e2274 100644 --- a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md +++ b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Homebrew's audience includes users with a wide range of education and experience We strive for "correct" but not "fancy" usage. Think newspaper article, not academic paper. -This is a set of guidelines to be applied using human judgement, not a set of hard and fast rules. It is like [Garner's Modern American Usage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garner's_Modern_American_Usage). It is less like the [Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/ruby-style-guide#the-ruby-style-guide). All guidelines here are open to interpretation and discussion. 100% conformance to these guidelines is *not* a goal. +This is a set of guidelines to be applied using human judgement, not a set of hard and fast rules. It is like [The Economist's Style Guide](https://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/style_guide_12.pdf) or [Garner's Modern American Usage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garner's_Modern_American_Usage). It is less like the [Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/ruby-style-guide#the-ruby-style-guide). All guidelines here are open to interpretation and discussion. 100% conformance to these guidelines is *not* a goal. The intent of this document is to help authors make decisions about clarity, style, and consistency. It is not to help settle arguments about who knows English better. Don't use this document to be a jerk.