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Finally Some Sense has Returned

Postby DoomYoshi on Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:03 am

to the British Army.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10677230/Army-commander-bans-sandwiches-in-attack-on-barbaric-habits.html

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"In common with officialdom the world over, military writers love to use pompous words over simpler language. Combined with underlining and italics, the wanton use of capitals, abbreviations and acronyms assaults the eye and leaves the reader exhausted."
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Re: Finally Some Sense has Returned

Postby fadedpsychosis on Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:33 pm

kinda the point of military writing... you hide what you actually intend at the end when the reader is too tired to comprehend it any more, then you can get away with shit...
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