Do not put statements in the negative form.
And don’t start =
sentences with a conjunction.
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If you reread your work, you will find on rer=
eading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and edit=
ing.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.=
The U.S. Army has=
a Department of Redundancy Department
Unqualified superlatives are the wor=
st of all.
De-accession euphemisms.
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If any word is improper at the end of a=
sentence, a linking verb is. A preposition is something you never end a se=
ntence with. Unless you have to.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound fl=
aky.
Last, but not least, avoid run of the mill cliches like the plague.
[R=
eprint from October 1996 Grif Net]
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Dr Bob Griffin
bob@gri=
f.net www=
=2Egrif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"