Hey all,

Just for fun, here's a link to an article on the proper use of the English language, followed by a selected section of the article.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/pruden.htm

* Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
* Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
* And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
* It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
* Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
* Also, always avoid astonishing and annoying alliteration.
* Be more or less specific most of the time.
* Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
* Also, too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
* No sentence fragments.
* Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
* Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
* Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
* One should never generalize.
* Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
* Don't use no double negatives. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
* One-word sentences? Eliminate.
* An analogy in writing is like putting silk stockings on a banty rooster.
* The passive voice is to be avoided.
* Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
* Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
* Never use a big word when substituting a diminutive one would suffice.
* Kill all exclamation points!!!
* Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
* Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earthshaking ideas.
* Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
* Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
* If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times — Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a trillion can use it correctly.
* Ride a snappin' turtle to the nearest fence post to avoid colloquialisms.
* Even if a mixed metaphor sings soprano, it should be derailed.
* Who needs rhetorical questions?
* Exaggeration is a quadrillion times worse than understatement.
* Avoid "buzzwords"; sharing integrated transitional scenarios complicate simplistic matters, and rarely heal divisions.
* And finally . . . Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.