wuz their sumthin ells 2 noTice?
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
> Is that the only thing that bothers you? :)
> --Pat Kelly
>
> ----------
> >From: james creasy <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>
> >To: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, "BayArea Team.Net"
> <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: 47 rules for literacy
> >Date: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 9:07 AM
> >
>
> > an odd spelling of the work 'clichis'. is that british spelling?
> >
> > -james c
> > OSP - Outstanding Spelling, Punctuation
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
> > To: "BayArea Team.Net" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:32 AM
> > Subject: 47 rules for literacy
> >
> >
> >> Previously I've offered this forum a 10-item list to help improve
writing
> >> quality.
> >>
> >> Then this came in today that Really gets to the heart of it all.
> >> Obviously 47 rules are better than 10.--John Kelly
> >>
> >> Things they forgot to put in the Associated Press Manual:
> >>
> >> 1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
> >> 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
> >> 3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
> >> 4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
> >> 5. Avoid clichis like the plague. (They're old hat.)
> >> 6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
> >> 7. Be more or less specific.
> >> 8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually)
> > unnecessary.
> >>
> >> 9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
> >> 10. No sentence fragments.
> >> 11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
> >> 12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
> >> 13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's
> >> highly superfluous.
> >> 14. One should NEVER generalise.
> >> 15. Comparisons are as bad as clichis.
> >> 16. Don't use no double negatives.
> >> 17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
> >> 18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
> >> 19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
> >> 20. The passive voice is to be ignored.
> >> 21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words
> >> however should be enclosed in commas.
> >> 22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
> >> 23. DO NOT use exclamation points and all caps to emphasise!!!
> >> 24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
> >> 25. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth
earth
> >> shaking ideas.
> >> 26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its
not
> >> needed.
> >> 27. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate
> >> quotations. Tell me what you know."
> >> 28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times:
Resist
> >> hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
> >> 29. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
> >> 30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
> >> 31. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
> >> 32. Who needs rhetorical questions?
> >> 33. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
> >> 34. The passive voice should never be used.
> >> 35. Do not put statements in the negative form.
> >> 36. Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
> >> 37. A writer must not shift your point of view.
> >> 38. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long
sentences
> >> of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
> >> 39. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
> >> 40. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking
verb
> >> is.
> >> 41. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
> >> 42. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
> >> 43. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with
singular
> >> nouns in their writing.
> >> 44. Always pick on the correct idiom.
> >> 45. The adverb always follows the verb.
> >> 46. Be careful to use the rite homonym.
> >> And finally .....
> >> 47. Proof-read carefully to see if you any words out
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