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On Writing Skills...

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I rarely think in terms of lists.But occasionally a list will strike the imagination. Particularly when it refers to the art of writing, and so it was with a deal of interest that I read the following list which is pretty definitive with regard to things a prospective writer or blogger should attempt.

  1. AVOID ALLITERATION ALWAYS
  2. PREPOSITIONS ARE NOT WORDS TO END SENTENCES WITH
  3. THE PASSIVE VOICE IS TO BE AVOIDED
  4. AVOID CLICHES LIKE THE PLAGUE - THEY ARE OLD HAT
  5. IT IS WRONG TO EVER SPLIT AN INFINITIVE
  6. WRITERS SHOULD NEVER GENERALISE

    seven: BE CONSISTENT
8. DON'T USE MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY, IT'S HIGHLY SUPERFLOUS

9. BE MORE OR LESS SPECIFIC
10. EXAGGERATION IS A BILLION TIMES WORSE THAN UNDERSTATEMENT
Maybe I should take these points on board ....

Iain Sewell
11/29/12 10:04:23AM @iain-sewell:

So - I decided to take you up on the challenge ...
And a Grammar Challenge...


Ceri Shaw
11/29/12 12:36:39AM @ceri-shaw:

k....see me at the bar in Toronto


Ceri Shaw
11/29/12 12:13:19AM @ceri-shaw:

I hereby issue the following challenge!

200 extra PRS points to the member who can come up with the best paragraph consisting solely of sentences beginning with conjunctions. Here is a list FANBOYS

Correlative, subordinating and coordinating conjunctions all accepted!

JUST SAY NO TO GRAMMAR


Ceri Shaw
11/28/12 11:45:10PM @ceri-shaw:

And to anyone who says I am helping to undermine the grammatical purity of the English language I say - "And?". But of course I stand by a lot of the other rules. For it is certainly desirable that the majority be upheld. Yet I insist that this be an exception. For neither love nor money will I be dissuaded. So, there it is.


Ceri Shaw
11/28/12 11:38:53PM @ceri-shaw:

LOL...glad to see that you didn't add:- "Never start a sentence with a conjunction". Just a personal peccadillo but I have been on a Jihad against that grammatical 'rule' for decades.