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GRAMMER MADE EASY
orHOW TO RITE RITE
- Don't abbrev.
- Check to see if you any words out.
- Be carefully to use adjectives and adverbs correct.
- About sentence fragments.
- When dangling, don't use participles.
- Don't use no double negatives.
- Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.
- Just between you and I, case is important.
- Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
- And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
- A preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.
- Don't use commas, that aren't necessary.
- Its important to use apostrophe's right.
- It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.
- Never leave a transitive verb just lay there without an object.
- Only Proper Nouns should be capitalized. also a sentence should begin with a capital and end with a period
- Use hyphens in compound-words, not just in any two-word phrase.
- In letters compositions reports and things like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.
- Watch out for irregular verbs which have creeped into our language.
- Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
- Avoid unnecessary redundancy.
- A writer mustn't shift your point of view.
- Don't write a run-on sentence you've got to punctuate it.
- A preposition isn't a good thing to end a sentence with.
- Avoid clichis like the plague; they're old hat; seek viable alternatives.
- Comparisons are as bad as clichis.
- Do not use a foreign term when there is an adequate English quid pro quo.
- If you must use a foreign term, it is de rigor to spell it correctly.
- Avoid colloquial stuff.
- It behooves the writer to avoid archiac expressions.
- Do not use hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it effectively.
- Mixed metaphors are a pain in the ass and ought to be thrown out the window.
- Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
- Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
- Consult the dictionary frequently to avoid mispelling.
- Don't use tautological, repetitive, or redundant statements.
- Don't use tautological, repetitive, or redundant statements.
- Puns are for children, not for readers who are groan.
- The Passive Voice shouldn't be used.
- Proofread carefully to see if you have any words out
- Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
- Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
- Always avoid any alliteration, albeit agreeable.
- Contractions aren't necessary.
- Who needs rhetorical questions?
- Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
- Do not put statements in the negative form.
- Don't overuse exclamation marks!!!
- Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
- Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
- Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
- Be more or less specific.
- One-word sentences? Eliminate.
- The passive voice is to be avoided.
- If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
- Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
- Understatement is always best.
- Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
- Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
- 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.
- Remember to finish what you sta
