[Summer is the =
time for reruns on the tube, so why not rerun some run down grif net =
blog humor? This is from October 12, 1996, Grif Net Blog in its =
first months of operation]
Do not put =
statements in the negative form.
And don’t =
start sentences with a conjunction.
If you reread =
your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition =
can be avoided by rereading and editing.
Never use a =
long word when a diminutive one will do.
The U.S. Army =
has a Department of Redundancy Department.
You must learn =
that it is never right to arbitrarily split =
infinitives.
Unqualified =
superlatives are the worst of all.
De-accession =
euphemisms.
TRUE or FALSE. =
"Their is four errers in this =
sentence."
If any word is =
improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb =
is.
A preposition =
is something you never end a sentence with. Unless you have =
to.
Avoid trendy =
locutions that sound flaky.
Last, but not =
least, avoid run of the mill cliches like the =
plague.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net =
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I =
Love!"