feat: Add "Plain English according to Strunk & White" semantic anchor#177
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[WIP] [Anchor Proposal] Add plain English according to Strunk & White
feat: Add "Plain English according to Strunk & White" semantic anchor
Mar 12, 2026
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Adds the proposed semantic anchor for Plain English according to Strunk & White ("The Elements of Style"), a foundational English writing guide by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White.
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docs/anchors/plain-english-strunk-white.adoc— English anchor with 8 core concepts (omit needless words, active voice, concrete language, nouns/verbs over modifiers, emphatic word placement, parallel form, avoid qualifiers, revise & rewrite)docs/anchors/plain-english-strunk-white.de.adoc— German translationUpdated files
website/public/data/anchors.json— new entry inserted alphabetically; anchor count: 94 → 95skill/semantic-anchor-translator/references/catalog.md— entry added to Communication & Presentation section alongside its German counterpartGutes Deutsch nach Wolf SchneiderRelationships
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gutes-deutsch-wolf-schneider(German parallel),bluf, andpyramid-principle.Original prompt
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