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Styleometry is a thing. You can somewhat identify an author by analysis of word choice, grammar (or lack thereof) and other features. With computers this can be done surprisingly accurately.

So yes there is a very good reason to keep the CIA writing advice classified. Even though it seems banal.



Are there ways to de-Styleometrize writing?


I destylometrize online sometimes: Use USA spelling, verbize nouns, use words like faucet and miss out Oxford commas.


There is adversarial stylometry software like JStylo-Anonymouth.


Translate to a non-Latinate language and back.


Follow a guidebook/protocol religiously




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