英文论文写作 (Selected__ Writing Rules).pptVIP

Selekted Riting Wrules (Selected Writing Rules) Okay — so we dont always have to be serious. Its about time I found a good use for some of the internet jokes that appear on the e-mail in box. Selekted Riting Wrules Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. And dont start a sentence with a conjunction. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. Avoid cliches like the plague. (Theyre old hat) Selekted Riting Wrules Also, always avoid annoying alliteration. Be more or less specific. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies. No sentence fragments. Selekted Riting Wrules Contractions arent necessary and shouldnt be used. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; its highly superfluous. One should NEVER generalize. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. Selekted Riting Wrules Eschew ampersands abbreviations, etc. One-word sentences? Eliminate. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. The passive voice is to be ignored. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas. Selekted Riting Wrules Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. If youve heard it once, youve heard it a thousand times:Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly. Selekted Riting Wrules Puns are for children, not groan readers. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. Who needs rhetorical questions? Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. Selekted Riting Wrules And the last one..