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Use italics for words-as-words within style guide. Other minor
improvements.

PR-URL: #25778
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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Trott authored and addaleax committed Feb 1, 2019
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* A [plugin][] is available for some editors to automatically apply these
rules.
* Changes to documentation should be checked with `make lint-md`.
* American English spelling is preferred. "Capitalize" vs. "Capitalise",
"color" vs. "colour", etc.
* American English spelling is preferred.
* OK: _capitalize_, _color_
* NOT OK: _capitalise_, _colour_
* Use [serial commas][].
* Avoid personal pronouns in reference documentation ("I", "you", "we").
* Avoid personal pronouns (_I_, _you_, _we_) in reference documentation.
* Personal pronouns are acceptable in colloquial documentation such as guides.
* Use gender-neutral pronouns and gender-neutral plural nouns.
* OK: "they", "their", "them", "folks", "people", "developers"
* NOT OK: "his", "hers", "him", "her", "guys", "dudes"
* OK: _they_, _their_, _them_, _folks_, _people_, _developers_
* NOT OK: _his_, _hers_, _him_, _her_, _guys_, _dudes_
* When combining wrapping elements (parentheses and quotes), terminal
punctuation should be placed:
* Inside the wrapping element if the wrapping element contains a complete
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