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by KineticLensman 811 days ago
Totally agree! The worst example is a paragraph that starts with ‘this’. The author might remember what ‘this’ means at the time of writing, but other readers have to then insert themselves into the author’s stream of consciousness. ‘This’ paragraphs also make no sense when extracted from the main report, or to readers who are dipping in and out
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'This' paragraphs are fragile to editing. Ensuring that your text is robust to updates (e.g. insertion of an extra paragraph) is good practice.
This is good advice.