Tuesday, July 24, 2007

More rules for writng real good

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SUMMER SCHOOL DAY 2

More rules for writing real good.

1. Resist Unnecessary Capitalization.

2. Avoid mispellings.

3. One-word sentences? Never.

4. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

5. Who needs rhetorical questions?

6. And don't start sentences with conjunctions.

7. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

8. Never use a big word when you can utilize a diminutive word.

9. Profanity sucks.

10. Last but not least, even if you have to bend over backward, avoid cliches like the plague.

5 comments:

kenju said...

I can't tell you how much I am enjoying these!!

Anonymous said...

I love this and sent it to one of my friends who is still teaching English ;)

Anonymous said...

This is so true.. in more ways than one. I used to be a real stickler for writing real good... but, through blogging, I have seen the error of my ways and I have quickly learned just how much fun a few misplaced grammatical errors can be. :-)

Maya's Granny said...

These are wonderful.

joared said...

I really like these rules. I keep getting in trouble in writing class when I take in some of my blog posts and the teacher leaps on a cliche'.