Me write more gooder know !!
...I meen now.
- A
joke in relation to rule #2: A Harvard freshman from Arkansas asks the
haughty senior. "Pardon me sir but where's the library at?" to which the
snobby senior answers with "Harvard men DO NOT end their sentences with
prepositions!" to wit the Freshman replies "Oh OK, wheres the library
at - ASSHOLE." here endeth the lesson...
- Great
lessons. When I would say, "Where's it at?" My grandfather would always
respond with,"Between the A & the T on preposition street."
- When Winston Churchill addressed prepositions, he said: "From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put"...
-Seven made me crack my ribs laughing.
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To
aide you're writing, always use the correct homonym when their is more
then won word that sounds the same. Its always important and effects the
outcome to
-You should never, never, never, never use the same word repeated over and over and over and over again.
-Don't talk down to your audience, it might confuse them.
-Stay on point. Avoid rambling and going on and on and on about things that are off topic; otherwise readers may become uninterested and begin to wander off mentally and not pay attention to what they are reading making it very easy to become distracted by music from Pandora or their XM radio or even worse they might start to watch TV or Youtube while trying to read and when they are done they won't remember what they've just read and instead of reading it again they'll probably just get on Facebook and starting posting things of their own.
So stay on point.
-At all cost avoid the improper use of the word "literally". Otherwise the reader may literally kill themselves by excessively rolling their eyes.
-You should never, never, never, never use the same word repeated over and over and over and over again.
-Don't talk down to your audience, it might confuse them.
-Stay on point. Avoid rambling and going on and on and on about things that are off topic; otherwise readers may become uninterested and begin to wander off mentally and not pay attention to what they are reading making it very easy to become distracted by music from Pandora or their XM radio or even worse they might start to watch TV or Youtube while trying to read and when they are done they won't remember what they've just read and instead of reading it again they'll probably just get on Facebook and starting posting things of their own.
So stay on point.
-At all cost avoid the improper use of the word "literally". Otherwise the reader may literally kill themselves by excessively rolling their eyes.
-I told you a million times...stop exaggerating!
The adjective/adverb is the enemy of the noun/verb. That is literally true.
- And avoid typos (see 6)
- And don't start sentences with the word and.
- And... Stop clouding the issue with facts!
Alliteration al·lit·er·a·tion [uh-lit-uh-rey-shuhn] - noun:
Alliteration al·lit·er·a·tion [uh-lit-uh-rey-shuhn] - noun:
the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid.
=repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words
Paradox is a statement pointing out the truth yet contradicts itself
=repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words
Paradox is a statement pointing out the truth yet contradicts itself
Another word (to avoid)
for VERY is f***ing!
The
contents of this post are an alphabetical arrangement of two lists that
have been circulating among writers and editors for many years. In case
you have missed out all this time, I’m sharing here the wit and wisdom
of the late New York Times language maven William Safire and advertising
executive and copywriter Frank LaPosta Visco.
by Mark Nichol
A writer must not shift your point of view.
Always pick on the correct idiom.
Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
Always be sure to finish what
Avoid alliteration. Always.
Avoid archaeic spellings.
Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Always pick on the correct idiom.
Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
Always be sure to finish what
Avoid alliteration. Always.
Avoid archaeic spellings.
Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Be more or less specific.
Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
Contractions aren’t necessary.
Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
Contractions aren’t necessary.
Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
Don’t indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
Don’t never use no double negatives.
Don’t overuse exclamation marks!!!!!!!
Don’t repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
Don’t use commas, that, are not, necessary.
Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
Don’t indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
Don’t never use no double negatives.
Don’t overuse exclamation marks!!!!!!!
Don’t repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
Don’t use commas, that, are not, necessary.
Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
Employ the vernacular.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
Eschew obfuscation.
Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
Employ the vernacular.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
Eschew obfuscation.
Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
Foreign words and phrases are not a propos.
Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
No sentence fragments.
One should never generalize.
One-word sentences? Eliminate.
No sentence fragments.
One should never generalize.
One-word sentences? Eliminate.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of ten or more words, to their antecedents.
Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Profanity sucks.
Subject and verb always has to agree.
Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of ten or more words, to their antecedents.
Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Profanity sucks.
Subject and verb always has to agree.
Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
The adverb always follows the verb.
The passive voice is to be avoided.
Understatement is always best.
Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed.
Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
The adverb always follows the verb.
The passive voice is to be avoided.
Understatement is always best.
Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed.
Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
Who needs rhetorical questions?
Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
Oh, and let me add one tip: If your article consists of a list and the title refers to the number of items in the list, count the number of items in the list carefully.
Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
Oh, and let me add one tip: If your article consists of a list and the title refers to the number of items in the list, count the number of items in the list carefully.
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Also see Umberto Eco's
Rules for Writing (Well)
The difference between
They're and Their is There.
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