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Each pronoun should agree with their
antecedent.
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Between you and I, case is
important.
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A writer must be sure to avoid using
sexist pronouns in his writing.
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Verbs has to agree with their
subjects
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Don't be a person whom people
realize confuses who and whom.
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Never use no double negatives.
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Never use a preposition to end a
sentence with. That is something up with which your readers will not
put.
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When writing, participles must not
be dangled.
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Be careful to never, under any
circumstances, split infinitives.
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Hopefully, you won't float your
adverbs.
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A writer must not shift your point
of view.
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Lay down and die before using a
transitive verb without an object.
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Join clauses good, like a
conjunction should.
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The passive voice should be avoided.
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About sentence fragments.
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Don't verb nouns.
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In letters themes reports and ad
copy use commas to separate items in a series.
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Don't use commas, that aren't
necessary.
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"Don't overuse 'quotation marks.'"
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Parenthetical remarks (however
relevant) are (if the truth be told) superfluous.
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Contractions won't, don't, and can't
help your writing voice.
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Don't write run-on sentences they
are hard to read.
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Don't forget to use end punctuation
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Its important to use apostrophe's in
the right places.
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Don't abbrev.
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Don't overuse exclamation marks!!!
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Avoid Unnecessary Capitalization.
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Avoid mispellings.
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Check to see if you any words out.
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One word sentences? Eliminate.
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Avoid annoying, affected, and
awkward alliteration, always.
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Never, ever use repetitive
redundancies.
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The bottom line is to bag trendy
locutions that sound flaky.
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By observing the distinctions
between adjectives and adverbs, you will treat your readers real good.
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Parallel structure will help you in
writing more effective sentences and to express yourself more
gracefully.
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In my own personal opinion at this
point of time, I think that authors, when they are writing, should not
get into the habit of making use of too many unnecessary words that they
don't really need.
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Foreign words and phrases are the
reader's bête noire and are not apropos.
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Who needs rhetorical questions?
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Always go in search for the correct
idiom.
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Do not cast statements in the
negative form.
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And don't start sentences with
conjunctions.
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Avoid mixed metaphors. They will
kindle a flood of confusion in your readers.
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Eliminate quotations. As Ralph
Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
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Analogies in writing are like
feathers on a snake.
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Go around the barn at high noon to
avoid colloquialisms.
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Be more or less specific.
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If I've told you once, I've told you
a thousand times, exaggeration is a billion times worse than
understatement, which is always best.
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Never use a big word when you can
utilize a diminutive word.
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Profanity sucks.
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Last but not least, even if you have
to bend over backwards, avoid clichés like the plague.
