Grammar Rules: Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. No sentence fragments. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. And dont start a sentence with a conjunction. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice. Avoid cliches like the plague. (Theyre old hat.) Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary. All generalizations are bad. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. One-word sentences? Eliminate. Dont overuse exclamation points!!! Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas. Use the apostrophe in its proper place and omit it when its not needed and use it correctly with words that show possession. Dont use too many quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, I hate quotations.. Tell me what you know. If youve heard it once, youve heard it a billion times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly. Besides, hyperbole is always overdone, anyway. Puns are for children, not groan readers. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. Who needs rhetorical questions? However, what if there were no rhetorical questions? Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. People dont spell a lot correctly alot of the time. Each person should use their possessive pronouns correctly. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. The dash - a sometimes useful punctuation mark - can often be overused - even though its a helpful tool some of the time. Proofread carefully to make sure you dont repeat repeat any words. In writing, its important to remember that dangling sentences.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:05:11 +0000
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