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 ====General Principles====
-*''Avoid definitions''. Mostly, people can figure out what you mean with little doubt from the context. Only use definitions when you are using a woord in a specific way that does not align with its ordinary meaning.
+*''Avoid definitions''. Mostly, people can figure out what you mean without doubt from the context. Only use definitions when you are using a word in a specific way that does not align with its ordinary meaning.
-**So don't define "tax" as any tax, duty, excise, deduction, witholding impost or lvey imposed by a competent authority any other familiar term that will, you know, ''show up on the Google as a freaking synonym for "tax"''.
+**'''Example''': don't define "tax" if all you mean is "any tax, duty, excise, deduction, witholding impost or levy imposed by a competent authority haviung power to tax..." or by reference to a familiar term that will, you know, ''show up on the Google as a synonym for "tax"''. If
 *''Use the active tense''. Avoid the passive whenever you can.