Fw: GCFL: Writing Hints

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Maybe we should add these to the "Net-iquette"??? (I don't think so either!)


Anneliese


>RULES FOR BETTER WRITING.......NOT!
>
>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 clichés 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 clichés.
>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.
>
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