Snow and cold outside today – good day to clean out the file cabinet,
found this list, thought it was funny. Not sure where it came from, there are
quite a few of these around.
Enjoy
Hints to be a more betterer righter
1. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
2. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
3. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
4. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
5. Be more or less specific.
6. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
7. Who needs rhetorical questions?
8. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
9. Don't never use a double negation.
10. Proofread carefully to see if you words out.
11. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
2. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
3. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
4. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
5. Be more or less specific.
6. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
7. Who needs rhetorical questions?
8. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
9. Don't never use a double negation.
10. Proofread carefully to see if you words out.
11. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
12. A writer must not shift your point of view.
13. And don't start a sentence with a
conjunction. (Remember, too, a preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence
with.)
14. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
2 comments:
LOL I love this list, have seen it a few times. Always worth the reading :)
Guilty, guilty, guilty!
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