Re: do you need help with your writing?
- From: Bernadette <nomail@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:25:32 GMT
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:49:01 -0500, Goromoff wrote:
welcome the debate. Let 'er rip! For writing style, be sure to follow
these rules:
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.
I like that! :-) Have pinched it for elsewhere.
--
You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever
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