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By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well. That is one of the ends for which they exist ...
Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry ... To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery.
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So Long, and Thanks for all the comments
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From time to time I'll respond here and delete the old content; I'll leave them for a few weeks ('mostly' ... but I do just clear them at time; see history if you want the archive). J. D. Redding 01:45, 13 May 2007 (UTC)