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  1. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
  2. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
  3. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
  4. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat)
  5. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
  6. Be more or less specific.
  7. Remarks in brackets (however relevant) are (usually) (but not always) unnecessary.
  8. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
  9. No sentence fragments.
  10. Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used.
  11. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
  12. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
  13. One should NEVER generalize.
  14. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
  15. Don’t use no double negatives. Read the rest of this entry »

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