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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2365218" data-attributes="member: 1236">Rules for Clear Writing# Verbs has to agree with their subjects.# Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.# And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.# It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.# Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)# Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.# Be more or less specific.# Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.# Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.# No sentence fragments.# Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.# Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.# Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.# One should never generalize.# Comparisons are as bad as cliches.# Don't use no double negatives.# Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.# One-word sentences? Eliminate.# Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.# The passive voice is to be ignored.# Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.# Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.# Do not use multiple exclamation points NOR all caps for emphasis!!!# Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.# Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking ideas.# Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.# Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."# 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.# Puns are for children, not groan readers.# Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.# Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.# Who needs rhetorical questions?# Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.# The passive voice should never be used.# Do not put statements in the negative form.# A writer must not shift your point of view.# Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.# Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.# If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.# Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.# Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.# Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.# Always pick on the correct idiom.# The adverb always follows the verb.# Be careful to use the rite homonym.# And last...# Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.</blockquote>

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