Keep your eyes and ears tuned for shifts in what's considered acceptable usage, and feel free to use anything that has reached the cusp of respectability. Some Thoughts on WebStyle AD W IRED S TYLE been written solely for those who write for Wired and HotWired, it wouldn't have been published as a hardbound book. Clearly, the intention was to spread the Wired style gospel beyond the pages of the magazine and Website into the community of those who write for and about the Web and related technologies. Everyone who does should have a copy. But the fact that you're writing for online publication doesn't mean necessarily that you should dump Messrs. Strunk and White for a monogamous relationship with Wired Style .
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There's a reason Elements of Style has been required reading for generations of writers and editors. Likewise, there's a reason the Chicago Manual of Style has been regarded as the ultimate authority on matters of publishing style practically since the turn of the century. The rules and principles they, and books like them, dictate bring discipline and consistency to an unruly language. Integrity of style makes easier the work not only of writers and editors but of readers. Generally speaking, writing that strays too far from the conventional draws attention to itself at the expense of content.