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| Sinmara |
nicked from someone off Livejournal
The Rules of Writing
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 cliches 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 use redundant words; do not use more words than necesary; it's highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalise.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Don't use no double negatives.
17. Avoid 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 marks!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ides.
26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed. Do not use it in plural's.
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 adults.
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.
Finally...
34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
| 10 Jul 08, 8:44 PM Marmite UK(CB), 5 yrs |
I wonder how many would see this as a bible 
I had a good giggle though ty xx A rose by any other name has thorns that will still make you bleed. | |
| 10 Jul 08, 8:55 PM Sinmara UK(N), 6 yrs |
------------------------------------------- This is the Island of Zombie Women | |
| 11 Jul 08, 5:40 PM Lord_Gobbimort 6 yrs  |
I dont understand |
