Sentence examples for useless rules from inspiring English sources

There are many weird and useless rules here.

It is also important to point out that what Davies and the Guardian uncovered were not infringements of the thoroughly useless Press Complaints Commissions' rules, but allegedly criminal acts.

Most striking is that unlike many traditional grammar books, Clark's reserves its scolding not for students of writing, but for teachers who harbor unduly restrictive views — "members of the crotchety crowd" who "tend to turn their own preferences about grammar and language into useless and unenforceable rules".

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Mind you, she admits, that's not totally useless as a rule of thumb: "You're moving along the right tracks".

I understand the net result of this because my 15-year-old daughter has exactly the same conditions as Josh – I understand that neurotypical rules are useless.

Fraud cases in hedge funds, he says, are pretty minimal compared with public companies, rendering more rules largely useless.

But the chief problem with the book isn't that the rules are useless, banal or vague to the point of meaninglessness (see Rule 3: "Make friends with people who want the best for you").

A policy rule is useless if it does not to relate to the instruments at the disposal of policymakers.

Although both sets of talks were seen as useless, De Mistura has not ruled out attempting a third Geneva conference; his "consultations" in Geneva this May were, in a sense, intended to soften up the parties with discussions of their intentions for Syria's future, and to coax them back to the table one more time.

This problem disappeared along with all the traffic so the rule is useless.