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Rules for Writers

by JM

Rules For Writers

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 clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat.)

6. 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. Don’t use no double negatives.

12. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out or mispeld something.

13. Eschew obfuscation.

:D

Courtesy of Absolute Write


Posted in Writing Humor on December 8th, 2006

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  1. Elisa Says:
    December 8th, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    Espouse Obfuscation!
    (Yes, I have been know to sell t-shirts that say that)

  2. Jaime Says:
    December 13th, 2006 at 5:38 am

    Really? Hehehe. I’d take any shirt with one of these on there.

  3. Elisa Says:
    December 13th, 2006 at 11:26 pm

    This may get picked up by the spam filter, but: http://www.cafepress.com/sillinessorg/389732

  4. Jaime Says:
    December 14th, 2006 at 6:53 pm

    Yay, the spam filter didn’t eat it. Thanks for the link!

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