As owner of the world's largest collection of "fumblerules" of grammar, William Safire, in his book On Language passes along a bunch of these never say-neversms:
- Don't use no double negatives.
- Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
- Proof read carefully to see if you any words out.
- If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
- Steer clear of incorrect forms of verbs that have snuck in the language.
- Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors.
- Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
- If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, resist hyperbole.
- Don't string too many prepositional phrases together, unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
- "Avoid overuse of 'quotation "marks".' "
- If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
- Eschew dialect, irregardless.
- Don't overuse exclamation marks! ! !
- Write all adverbial forms correct.
- Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
- Avoid colloquial stuff.
- Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; seek viable alternatives.
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