Curious+Rules+For+Writers


 * ~ **Curious Rules for Writers**  ||

# Verbs has to agree with their subjects.


 * 1) Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.


 * 1) And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.


 * 1) It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.


 * 1) Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)


 * 1) Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.


 * 1) Be more or less specific.


 * 1) Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.


 * 1) Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.


 * 1) No sentence fragments.


 * 1) Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.


 * 1) Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.


 * 1) Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.


 * 1) One should NEVER generalize.


 * 1) Comparisons are as bad as clichés.


 * 1) Don't use no double negatives.


 * 1) Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.


 * 1) One-word sentences? Eliminate.


 * 1) Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.


 * 1) The passive voice is to be ignored.


 * 1) Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.


 * 1) Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.


 * 1) DO NOT use exclamation points and all caps to emphasize!!!


 * 1) Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.


 * 1) Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking ideas.


 * 1) Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.


 * 1) Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."


 * 1) 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.


 * 1) Puns are for children, not groan readers.


 * 1) Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.


 * 1) Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.


 * 1) Who needs rhetorical questions?


 * 1) Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.


 * 1) The passive voice should never be used.


 * 1) Do not put statements in the negative form.


 * 1) Verbs have to agree with their subjects.


 * 1) A writer must not shift your point of view.


 * 1) Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.


 * 1) Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.


 * 1) If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.


 * 1) Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.


 * 1) Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.


 * 1) Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.


 * 1) Always pick on the correct idiom.


 * 1) The adverb always follows the verb.


 * 1) Be careful to use the rite homonym.

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