RULES OF WRITING
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 generalise.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
17. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
18. Analogies in writing are like water off a duck's back..
19. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
20. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
21. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
22. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
23. 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.
24. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
25. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
26. Who needs rhetorical questions?
And the last one...
27. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
15/07/05 @ 10:46