- Do not put statements in the negative form.
- And don't start sentences with a conjunction.
- If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
- Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
- Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.
- De-accession euphemisms.
- If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
- Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
- Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Great Rules of Writing
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Minimal use of past perfect 'had', present continuous 'ing', and adjectives 'ly'.
ReplyDeletethanks for this.
ReplyDeletelol.
ReplyDeleteI do like this.
I can't stop laughing at the way he so blatantly negates all the "rules" by himself.
Above all, learn to break these rules!
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ReplyDeletelol
ReplyDeleteGreat humour.
ReplyDeleteIt is best not to be grandiloquent.