"Rules for Writng Good"

I ran across these valuable rules that should be helpful to all of us as we compose our blogs.
They are from a newspaper column by Graham Hicks of the Edmonton Sun.


GRAHAM HICKS

SUMMER SCHOOL

"Rules for writing good.

1. A writer should avoid sexist pronouns in his writing.

2. Never use no double negatives.

3. Don't use commas, that aren't necessary.

4. "Don't overuse 'quotation marks.' "

5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (if the truth be told) superfluous.

6. Contractions won't, don't, and can't help your writing voice.

7. Don't forget to use end punctuation

8. Its important to use apostrophe's in the right places.

9. Don't abbrev.

10. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!! "