How To Write Good
We don t know where this came from, but some is derived from William Safire s Rules for Writers
1.
Always avoid alliteration.
2.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3.
Avoid cliches like the plague--they re old hat.
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How To Write Good
We don t know where this came from, but some is derived from William Safire s Rules for Writers
1.
Always avoid alliteration.
2.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3.
Avoid cliches like the plague--they re old hat.
4.
Employ the vernacular.
5.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7.
Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
8.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
9.
Contractions aren t necessary.
10.
Do not use a foreign word when there is an adequate English quid pro quo.
11.
One should never generalize.
12.
Eliminate quotations.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations.
Tell me what you know.
"
13.
Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
14.
Don t be redundant; don t use more words than necessary; it s highly superfluous.
15.
It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
16.
Avoid archaeic spellings too.
17.
Understatement is alwa
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