- Verbs has to agree with their subjects
- Prepositions are not words to end sentences with
- And don't start a sentence with a conjunction
- It is wrong to ever split an infinitive
- Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)
- Also, always avoid annoying assonance*
- Be more or less specific
- Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary
- Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies
- No sentence fragments
- Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used
- Foreign words and phrases are not apropos
- Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous
- One should never generalise
- Comparisons are as bad as clichés
- Don't use no double negatives forever
- Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc
- One-word sentences? Eliminate
- Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake
- The passive voice is to be ignored
- Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas - Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice
- Kill all exclamation marks!!!!
- Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them
- Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earthshaking ideas
- Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed
- Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
- If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: "Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly."
- Puns are for children, not groan readers
- Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms
- Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed
- Who needs rhetorical questions?
- Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out
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Just a thought.....
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