Tips to Improve Your Writing.
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
3. Employ the vernacular.
4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. 6. Remember to never split an infinitive. 7. Contractions aren't necessary. 8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 9. One should never generalize. 10. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate 11. Comparisons are as bad as clichés. 12. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's 13. Be more or less specific. 14. Understatement is always best. 15. One-word sentences? Eliminate. 16. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. 17. The passive voice is to be avoided. 18. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. 19. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. 20. Who needs rhetorical questions? 21. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. 22. Don't never use a double negation. 23. capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with point 24. Do not put statements in the negative form. 25. Verbs have to agree with their subjects. 26. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. 27. If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal 28. A writer must not shift your point of view. 29. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. (Remember, too, a 30. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!! 31. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, 32. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided. 33. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. 34. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors. 35. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. 36. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular 37. Always pick on the correct idiom. 38. The adverb always follows the verb. 39. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague; They're old Daughter in College. Did you hear about the banker who was recently arrested for embezzling As the policeman, who also had a daughter in college, was leading him 1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. 3. Employ the vernacular. 4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. 6. Remember to never split an infinitive. 7. Contractions aren't necessary. 8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 9. One should never generalize. 10. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate 11. Comparisons are as bad as clichés. 12. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's 13. Be more or less specific. 14. Understatement is always best. 15. One-word sentences? Eliminate. 16. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. 17. The passive voice is to be avoided. 18. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. 19. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. 20. Who needs rhetorical questions? 21. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. 22. Don't never use a double negation. 23. capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with point 24. Do not put statements in the negative form. 25. Verbs have to agree with their subjects. 26. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. 27. If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal 28. A writer must not shift your point of view. 29. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. (Remember, too, a 30. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!! 31. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, 32. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided. 33. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. 34. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors. 35. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. 36. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular 37. Always pick on the correct idiom. 38. The adverb always follows the verb. 39. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague; They're old
quotations. Tell me what you know."
highly superfluous.
of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.)
as of 10 or more words, to the irantecedents.
nouns in their writing.
hat; seek viable alternatives.
$100,000 to pay for his daughter's college education?
away in handcuffs, he said to the banker, "I have just one question
for you. Where were you going to get the rest of the money?"
Tips to Improve Your Writing.
quotations. Tell me what you know."
highly superfluous.
of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.)
as of 10 or more words, to the irantecedents.
nouns in their writing.
hat; seek viable alternatives.
