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First, I do not think, that Visual Studio is a good editor (or even IDE). In my opinion only people who have never worked with something different than Visual Studio can come to the conclusion that it is any good. As far as I see it you will change your mind as soon as you have put your hands on IntelliJ IDEA. (Well, there is a plug-in for VS, but I have already digressed enough.)

Yes, there are terrible styles out there in the Internet and I understand your wish to improve yourself (even though your style is already ahead of many others). But the most overlooked part is not style, it is the meaning. Care about meaningful stuff first. Write a lot and you will develop your own voice/style. There are enough people who are rhetorically brilliant, but have nothing to say.

If you have a problem with repetition (thinkthinkthink), then skip the repetition. You can use other expressions like I did above, but in most cases/discussions people are aware that you are telling your opinion. You do not have to repeat that all the time. If you want to make it clear nonetheless, you can do that one time at the beginning ("All of the following is my personal opinion, YMMW:").

If you think your sentences are too long/verbose, split them. Setting another period isn't that hard. And after splitting you can often easily see, what you need to keep and what you can throw away. Like unnecessary thinkers.

Well, that's at least what I think :)

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