Saturday, January 21, 2006

Advice for Writers

I don't know where this originated from, but it tickles me. Just FYI, it's tongue-in-cheek, but you'll get the idea of language use.

Verbs has to agree with their subjects;
Don't use no double negatives;
A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with. (Or as Sir Winston Churchill once said: This is the type of nonsense up with I shall not put!) Actually, this is true. He said it at a dinner party;
About sentence fragments;
When one is writing, it is important to maintain your point of view;
Don't say the same thing more than once. It's redundant and repetitious;
This sentence no verb;
Perform a functional iterative analysis on your work to root out third generation transitional buzz words;
Beware of malapropisms. They are a communist submersive plot;
Join clauses good like a conjunction should;
Avoid the use of dyed-in-the-wool cliches.

I can't help but snicker at some of these, but they are a good illustration of what to watch for when writing.

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