Toggle navigation
Collections
Fun
Jokes
Fortune
Photo
Nicknames
Blog
ﻮﺑﻻگ
Iran
Writing Techniques: ** Avoid Alliteration. Always. ** Prepositions Are Not Words To End Sentences With.
Home
›
Short Jokes
›
Jokes from Emails
Writing Techniques:
** Avoid alliteration. Always.
** Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
** Avoid clich's like the plague. (They're old hat.)
** Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
** Contractions aren't necessary.
** Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
** One should never generalize.
** Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
** Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly
superfluous.
** Be more or less specific.
** One-word sentences? Eliminate.
** Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
** 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.
Related:
A Guide to Essay Writing ** Avoid alliteration. Always.
** Prepositions are not words to end sentences with....
GRAMMAR MADE EASY IN 23 STEPS! My several years in the word game have learnt me several rule
1.Avoid alliteration. Always. 2....
William Safire's Rules for Writers ---------------------------------- 1.
Remember to never split an infinitive. 2. The passive voice should never be used....
Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used.
Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs have to agree with their subjects....
William Safire's Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive.
The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form....
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
What's the difference between a banjo and a(n)... Chain Saw
( 1.) a chain saw has a dynamic range. ( 2.) you can turn a chain saw off....
The ark lands after The Flood. Noah lets all the animals out.
Says, "Go and multiply." Several months pass. Noah decides to check up on the animals....
ENTER DATA, ENAMORATA Back into the fray. Thanks to all who sent along best wishes at the outset of my vacation.
Now, as you rejoin the ranks and the column moves out into another fiscal front, let’s get those shoulders back, chests out, stomachs in and tongues in cheek....
