40 tips for proper english

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1、40TipsforproperEnglish1.Avoidalliteration.Always.2.Neverusealongwordwhenadiminutiveonewilldo.4.Employthevernacular.5.Eschewampersands&abbreviations,etc.6.Parentheticalremarks(howeverrelevant)areunnecessary.7.Remembertoneversplitaninfinitive.8.Contractionsaren'tnecessary.9.Foreignwordsa

2、ndphrasesarenotapropos.10.Oneshouldnevergeneralize.11.Eliminatequotations.AsRalphWaldoEmersonsaid,"Ihatequotations.Tellmewhatyouknow."12.Comparisonsareasbadascliches.13.Don'tberedundant;don'tusemorewordsthannecessary;it'shighlysuperfluous.14.Bemoreorlessspecific.15.Understatementisalwa

3、ysbest.16.One-wordsentences?Eliminate.17.Analogiesinwritingarelikefeathersonasnake.18.Thepassivevoiceistobeavoided.19.Goaroundthebarnathighnoontoavoidcolloquialisms.20.Evenifamixedmetaphorsings,itshouldbederailed.21.Whoneedsrhetoricalquestions?22.Exaggerationisabilliontimesworsethanund

4、erstatement.23.Don'tneveruseadoublenegation.24.capitalizeeverysentenceandrememberalwaysenditwithpoint25.Donotputstatementsinthenegativeform.26.Verbshavetoagreewiththeirsubjects.27.Proofreadcarefullytoseeifyouwordsout.28.Ifyourereadyourwork,youcanfindonrereadingagreatdealofrepetitioncan

5、beavoidedbyrereadingandediting.29.Awritermustnotshiftyourpointofview.30.Anddon'tstartasentencewithaconjunction.(Remember,too,aprepositionisaterriblewordtoendasentencewith.)31.Don'toveruseexclamationmarks!!32.Placepronounsascloseaspossible,especiallyinlongsentences,asof10ormorewords,tot

6、heirantecedents.33.Writingcarefully,danglingparticiplesmustbeavoided.34.Ifanywordisimproperattheendofasentence,alinkingverbis.35.Takethebullbythehandandavoidmixingmetaphors.36.Avoidtrendylocutionsthatsoundflaky.37.Everyoneshouldbecarefultouseasingularpronounwithsingularnounsintheirwrit

7、ing.38.Alwayspickonthecorrectidiom.39.Theadverbalwaysfollowstheverb.40.Lastbutnotleast,avoidclichesliketheplague;They'reoldhat;seekviablealternatives.