ROOLES FOR CORRECT SPELING, GRAMER AND USEAGE
contributed by: Mark Axelrod, editor of "Blue Chip Chatter," Teaneck, NJ
1. Don't
abbrev.
2. Check to see if you any words out.
3. Be carefully to
use adjectives and adverbs correct.
4. About sentence
fragments.
5. When dangling, don't use participles.
6. Don't use
no double negatives.
7. Each pronoun agrees with their
antecedent.
8. Just between You and i, case is important.
9. Join
clauses good, like a conjunction should.
10. Don't use commas, that
aren't necessary.
11. Its important to use apostrophe's right.
12.
It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.
13. Never leave a
transitive verb just lay there without an object.
14.Only Proper Nouns
should be capitalized.
15. a sentence should begin with a capital and end
with a period
16. Use hyphens in compound-words, not just in any two-word
phrase.
17. In letters compositions reports and things like that we use
commas to keep a string of items apart.
18. Watch out for irregular
verbs which have creeped into our language.
19. Verbs has to agree with
their subjects.
20. Avoid unnecessary redundancy.
21. A writer
mustn't shift your point of view.
22. Don't write a run-on sentence
you've got to punctuate it.
24. A preposition isn't a good thing to end a
sentence with.
25. Avoid clichés like the plague.
26. Correct spelling
is of the utmost importince. Be carefull. Use your
dictionery.
27. And one
last aggrevated assault on the language...If it's wrong to say a twenty-five
year birthday, why is it
correct to say a twenty-five year anniversary? If you said either is correct,
you must stay after school every day for the rest of your life.
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