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happytoexplain ◴[] No.44358032[source]
The entire blog post being in lowercase distracted me more than I thought it would.
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1. o11c ◴[] No.44359809[source]
All writing is about managing the "surprise" budget. Strictly following the rules of grammar (subject to the specific dialect and field) minimizes surprise, so the author can spend more budget on (and the reader still has the focus for) the interesting part. Deliberately using a non-default style draws the reader's attention to that particular point.