Dear Authors of “Great” Chilean History Articles,

Perhaps you were not aware, but, so as not to confuse one’s audience, basic writing rule-of-thumb dictates that one generally start, not end, with one’s thesis. Of course, stylistic writing permits much artistic license, such as when i decide not to capitalize correctly, or ending a sentence a preposition with. Or even starting a sentence with a conjunction. But as you can see, it usually just comes off as uneducated and awkward. I therefore pose to you the following question: if 95% of you write your thesis at the end of your articles, and if going against the writing manual grain is successfully stylistic perhaps 5% of the time, is it really possible that all of your articles, or even a majority, are well written?

(Somewhat less than) Respectfully,
A worn reader