From 53299fe556eeaf0107fb14bcb4b20321b6a0cfcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Linnane Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:03:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Prose-Style-Guidelines: remove Economist's Style Guide 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 8b7703c493..ad64206f5a 100644 --- a/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md +++ b/docs/Prose-Style-Guidelines.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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://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. +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.