Some good tips for your English class.
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They& #39;re old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They& #39;re old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren& #39;t necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren& #39;t necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don& #39;t be redundant; don& #39;t use more words than necessary; it& #39;s highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don& #39;t be redundant; don& #39;t use more words than necessary; it& #39;s highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific
16. Understatement is always best.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23.Who needs rhetorical questions?
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22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23.Who needs rhetorical questions?
#GoodEnglish
#Readersdigest
#internetgyan