* Try not to use punctuation between introductocing sentence and
display material (verbatim, music, example code).
-* don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
-manual is about
+* Do not refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
+manual is about.
-* if you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
+* If you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
-* don't explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
+* Do not explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
besides the reader and the writer.
-* don't use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.)
+* Do not use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.).
-* avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
+* Avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
-* avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is go to read them in
-print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
+* Avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is going to read them in
+print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
are clickable in HTML.
-* abbrevs in caps, e.g. HTML, DVI, MIDI, etc.
+* Abbrevs in caps, e.g. HTML, DVI, MIDI, etc.
@end ignore