RULES FOR WRITERERS
1.
Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
2.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences
with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a
conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an
infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague.
(They're old hat)
6. Also, always avoid
annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less
specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however
relevant) are (usually)
unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use
repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence
fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary
and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and
phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be
redundant; do not use more words than
necessary;
it's highly
superfluous.
14. One should NEVER
generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as
cliches.
16. Don't use no double
negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands &
abbreviations, etc.
18. One-word sentences?
Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like
feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is
to be ignored.
21. Eliminate commas, that are,
not necessary.
Parenthetical
words
however should be enclosed in commas.
22.
Never use a big word when a diminutive one would
suffice.
23. Kill all exclamation
points!!!
24. Use words correctly,
irregardless of how others use them.
25.
Understatement is always the absolute best way to put
forth
earth shaking
ideas.
26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper
place and omit it when
its not needed.
27. Eliminate quotations. As
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I
hate
quotations.
Tell me what you know."
28. 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.
29. Puns are for children, not
groan readers.
30. Go around the barn at high
noon to avoid colloquialisms.
31. Even IF a
mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
33.
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than
understatement.
And
finally...
34. Proofread carefully to see if
you any words out.
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