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English Writing Tips

Level: Advanced
 This is forwarded from Anne Francis who teaches for EFI. A comic turn on rules of writing in English. Enjoy it!

10 Important Rules of Writing

  1. Don't abbrev.
  2. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
  3. Don't use no double negatives.
  4. About sentence fragments...
  5. Don't use commas, that aren't necessary.
  6. As far as incomplete constructions, they are wrong.
  7. Eschew obfuscation.
  8. Don't write a run-on sentence you have to punctuate it.
  9. Check to see if you have words out.
  10. Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.