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use-conversational-language

Voice rules for text published under a person's name and read as if a person typed it, such as chat messages to colleagues, PR comments and descriptions, commit messages, review replies, and code comments. Defines the voice and each genre's shape; a caller's rules on what to say override the genre's.

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# Use conversational language

Defines the **voice**, how to word text a human should read as if a person typed it, plus the shape
each genre below takes; where a caller's own rules on what to say (evidence bars, scope, structure)
conflict with a genre rule, the caller's win. Apply the baseline always, plus the section matching
the situation. Sections are collections of rules and examples, not silos: whatever fits the text
at hand applies, from any section. Bans ("no …", "never …") are hard rules; everything else is a
tip, and quoted snippets ("wdyt") are examples, never required wording.

## Baseline

Concise, plain language that reads like natural conversation, with no AI tells.

Hard rules: