PERCENTILE ESTIMATION: With 85% confidence, this style guide would produce writing in the: 92nd to 96th percentile of general writing

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RANKED STYLE GUIDE (organized by category and importance)

FUNDAMENTAL FORMATTING (95% confidence)
1. Capitalization
- Title case for headlines, sentence case for everything else
- Job titles remain lowercase
- Colon capitalization rules: capitalize independent clauses, lowercase dependent clauses

2. Essential Punctuation (90% confidence)
- Use Oxford comma (x, y, and z)
- Periods and commas inside quotation marks
- Em dashes (no spaces) for parentheticals—limit two per paragraph
- No space after ellipsis
- Comma usage: separate independent clauses, not dependent ones

3. Numbers and Quantities (85% confidence)
- Spell out one through nine
- Use numerals for 10+
- Spell out numbers starting sentences
- Use "more/less/fewer" instead of "over/under"
- Dollar sign format: $1 billion

4. Text Formatting (85% confidence)
- Italics for emphasis (never bold or underline)
- Italicize titles (books, newspapers, shows, etc.)
- Hyperlink 2-4 words when linking
- Image credits format: _Source: Platform/Name_

5. Clear Writing Principles (80% confidence)
- Avoid "actually," "very," "just"
- Use active voice over passive
- Minimize adverbs
- Avoid clichés and jargon
- Be specific (avoid starting with "This")
- Avoid starting with "we have/we get"

6. Names and References (80% confidence)
- Companies are singular ("it")
- Teams/people are plural ("they")
- Full names on first reference, then last names
- Standard identification format: Company's Name or Title's Name

7. Quotation Handling (75% confidence)
- Single quotes within double quotes
- Comma usage depends on quote introduction
- Capitalize quotes appropriately after attributions

8. Word Choice and Usage (70% confidence)
- Use "earlier/later/previously" instead of "above/below"
- Write out "times" (except "10x" for trope)
- Avoid slashes, prefer hyphens
- Hyphenate compound adjectives (except -ly adverbs)