{"id":7078,"date":"2014-12-09T06:32:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infosecurity.pro\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2019-04-20T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:24:33","slug":"rules-for-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infosecurity.pro\/?p=7078","title":{"rendered":"Rules for Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tOriginally from William Safire's Rules for Writers <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n
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  1. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  2. It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  3. Avoid archaeic spellings too.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  4. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  5. Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  6. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  7. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  8. Subject and verb always has to agree.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  9. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  10. Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  11. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  12. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  13. Don't never use no double negatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  14. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  15. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n
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  1. Eschew obfuscation.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  2. No sentence fragments.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  3. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  4. A writer must not shift your point of view.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  5. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  6. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  7. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  8. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  9. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  10. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  11. Always pick on the correct idiom.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  12. The adverb always follows the verb.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  13. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  14. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
  15. And always be sure to finish what<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\n\n\t<\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n

     Originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers' digest by Frank L. Visco<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n
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    1. Avoid Alliteration. Always.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    4. Employ the vernacular.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    8. Contractions aren’t necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    10. One should never generalize.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n
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    1. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    2. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    3. Profanity sucks.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    4. Be more or less specific.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    5. Understatement is always best.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    6. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    7. One word sentences? Eliminate.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    8. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    9. The passive voice is to be avoided.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    10. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    11. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n
    12. Who needs rhetorical questions?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\n\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\n\n\t<\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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