The style manual is based on The Associated Press Stylebook , other excellent books on writing and various Web sites listed in Garbl's Writing Resources Online . A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage by William Safire. Fumblerules are mistakes that call attention to rules, as Safire defines them. I enhance this style guide with new or revised entries as time goes by. Its three charts provide simpler, concise alternatives to overstated, pompous, bureaucratic, wordy, verbose and redundant words and phrases.
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