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The phrase "a general guide" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a set of instructions or information that provides an overview or basic understanding of a topic without going into specific details.
Example: "This document serves as a general guide for new employees to understand the company's policies and procedures."
Alternatives: "a basic overview" or "a broad outline".
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The solid-state NMR results can be used as a general guide to generate hypotheses that can then be assessed by mining the exhaustive XCMS tables.
It is a general guide on how hippies were in the past generations.
With this in mind these prices are a general guide.
(For those unfamiliar with R.S.S. feeds, a general guide can be found at tinyurl.com/2gcwr3).
Where to Stay Room rates change constantly; prices shown are a general guide.
But researchers should view nature's approach as a general guide, he said, rather than a precise pathway.
The rules are constantly in flux, but here is a general guide to economy-class policies at individual airlines as of early this month.
We gathered poems into broad periods to give the reader a general guide to where they might find themselves in time.
Your PC's manual probably has instructions for replacing the battery, but the Computer Hope site has a general guide at bit.ly/L1OVZ.ly/L1OVZ
The site also has a general guide for protecting the privacy of both people who post videos and people who may be in the clips.
This review is a general guide to help scientists to design nanoparticles tailored for specific biomedical applications.
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