Furthermore, I Beseech You, Dear Writer, to Refrain from Assigning Convoluted, Elongated Monikers to Posts in the General Vicinity of the Blogosphere
No time for a proper post, so instead I bring you this witty and succinct guide to the written word:
Rules of 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.
- 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.
- ACRONYM (Acronyms Cloud—Rarely Or Never Yield—Meaning).
- Eschew ampersands & abbrev. words.
- One-word sentences? Eliminate.
- Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
- Use of the passive voice is to be avoided.
- 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.
- Kill all exclamation marks!!!
- 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.
- Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
5 Comments:
That is beautiful, oh my did I giggle are more than one of those!
!! ;)
Can't recall the last time I guffawed - this did it. :)
The radio tells me that women and men have different styles of writing e-mail [like comments on blogs] Women our flowery and long winded, men are succinct to the point of rudeness. New rules for cyberspace.
Cheers
Oh, Vern, that is too, too funny. Though, I must admit, I feel like a grammar geek that I get the jokes! hehe. Thanks for that!
It should be noted that I didn't invent this list; I stole it from somewhere. Well, most of it ... the ACRONYM one is my very own invention and I'm proud of it, too. (You know you're a writer when you're compelled to add to a list like this!)
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