1. Prepositions are not words to end
sentences with.
2. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re
old hat).
3. Employ the vernacular.
4. Eschew ampersands &
abbreviations, etc.
5. Parenthetical remarks (however
relevant are unnecessary.
6. It is wrong to ever split an
infinitive.
7. Contractions aren’t necessary.
8. Foreign words and phrases aren’t apropos.
9. Avoid Alliteration. Always.
10.One should never generalize.
11.Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said,
“I hate
quotations. Tell me what you know.”
12.Comparisions are as bad as clichés.
13.Don’t be redundant. Don’t use more words than necessary.
It's highly superfluous.
It's highly superfluous.
14.Profanity sucks.
15.Be more or less specific.
16.Understatement is always best.
17.Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18.One word sentences. Eliminate.
19.Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20.The passive voice is to be avoided.
21.Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22.Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23.Who needs rhetorical questions?
by Frank Visco
by Frank Visco
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