Wimer, Rachel2009-09-16NO_RESTRIC2009-09-162009-09-16https://hdl.handle.net/1920/5595This thesis provides a rhetorical analysis of technical style guides beginning with the history of technical writing and style guides, the evolution of style guides, and individual case studies, concluding that a style guide must be kept up to date or otherwise be rendered irrelevant.en-USStyleTechnical writingMicrosoftStyle guidesGrammarRhetoricThesis