Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Not really on topic for this particular paragraph, but there are a lot > of instances of "Some people ..." - in general, would it be less > combative to say something like "It's tempting to..." or "It might seem > like a good idea to..."? That way it feels less like "there are people > who do X and they are wrong" and more like "X might seem like a good > idea but it isn't". Or to put it another way, let's attack the bad idea, > not the people who suggest it. Thanks for a perspective; I personally did not find that "Some people do X" accuses them of doing it wrong, but you certainly have a point.