Naaahhhh, nothin.
--Pat K
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>From: james creasy <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>
>To: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@attbi.com>, "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, 9:38 AM
>
> 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
>>
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>> >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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