{"id":10,"date":"2009-01-24T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/?p=10"},"modified":"2018-01-28T06:21:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T06:21:33","slug":"humorous-reminders-of-common-writing-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oscarc.net\/index.php\/2009\/01\/24\/humorous-reminders-of-common-writing-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Humorous Reminders of Common Writing Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A selection of advice from generations of Teaching Fellows at Harvard University, edited by Gordon Silverstein.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are a few things to keep in mind when you write an essay:<\/p>\n

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  1. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.<\/li>\n
  2. Never use no double negatives.<\/li>\n
  3. Use the semicolon properly, always where it is appropriate; and never where it is not.<\/li>\n
  4. Reserve the apostrophe for it’s proper use and omit it where it is not needed.<\/li>\n
  5. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.<\/li>\n
  6. No sentence fragments.<\/li>\n
  7. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.<\/li>\n
  8. Avoid commas, that are not necessary.<\/li>\n
  9. When you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.<\/li>\n
  10. A writer must not shift your point of view.<\/li>\n
  11. Do not overuse exclamation marks!!! (In fact, avoid them whenever possible!!!)<\/li>\n
  12. And do not start a sentence with a conjunction.<\/li>\n
  13. Place pronouns as closely as possible, especially in long sentences, as of ten or more words, to their antecedents.<\/li>\n
  14. Hyphenate only between syllables and avoid un-necessary hyphens.<\/li>\n
  15. Write all adverbial forms correct.<\/li>\n
  16. Don’t use contractions.<\/li>\n
  17. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.<\/li>\n
  18. It is incumbent on us to avoid archaisms.<\/li>\n
  19. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.<\/li>\n
  20. Steer clear of incorrect verb forms that have snuck into the language.<\/li>\n
  21. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors.<\/li>\n
  22. Avoid modernisms that sound flaky.<\/li>\n
  23. Avoid barbarisms: they impact too forcefully.<\/li>\n
  24. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.<\/li>\n
  25. Everyone should be careful to use singular pronouns with singular nouns in their writing.<\/li>\n
  26. If we’ve told you once, we’ve told you a thousand times: avoid hyperbole.<\/li>\n
  27. Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.<\/li>\n
  28. Do not string a large number of prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death.<\/li>\n
  29. Always pick on the the correct idiom.<\/li>\n
  30. “Avoid overuse of ‘quotation’ ‘marks.'”<\/li>\n
  31. Never use more words than are necessary to get your point across: be concise.<\/li>\n
  32. Awayz check you’re spelling. (Your spellchecker would only pick up one of the two errors here.)<\/li>\n
  33. Always be avoided by the passive voice.<\/li>\n
  34. Every sentence a verb.<\/li>\n
  35. Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague: seek viable alternatives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A selection of advice from generations of Teaching Fellows at Harvard University, edited by Gordon Silverstein. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you write an essay: Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Never use no double negatives. Use the semicolon properly, always where it is appropriate; and never where … <\/p>\n

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