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On Writing Skills...
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.
- AVOID ALLITERATION ALWAYS
- PREPOSITIONS ARE NOT WORDS TO END SENTENCES WITH
- THE PASSIVE VOICE IS TO BE AVOIDED
- AVOID CLICHES LIKE THE PLAGUE - THEY ARE OLD HAT
- IT IS WRONG TO EVER SPLIT AN INFINITIVE
- 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
9. BE MORE OR LESS SPECIFIC
10. EXAGGERATION IS A BILLION TIMES WORSE THAN UNDERSTATEMENT
Maybe I should take these points on board ....
So - I decided to take you up on the challenge ...
And a Grammar Challenge...
k....see me at the bar in Toronto
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
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.
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.