11 Rules for Writers
1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Be more or less specific.
7. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
8. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
9. No sentence fragments.
10. Don't use no double negatives.
11. Proffer carefully to see if you any words out.
1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Be more or less specific.
7. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
8. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
9. No sentence fragments.
10. Don't use no double negatives.
11. Proffer carefully to see if you any words out.
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I hate the split infinitive rule. It's really one of the stupidest rules, mostly because English is one of the few languages you can split an infinitive in.
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It might make more sense in spanish. Cantar means "to sing". This is the infinitive form. Canto is "I Sing", Cantas "You sing", Canta "she sings". There is no possible way to say "to loudly sing", you can only say cantar ruidosamente (more or less).
But in English you can split the infinitive of "to sing" with a word. It is poor grammar to do so, but I can't think of a logical reason why.
But in English you can split the infinitive of "to sing" with a word. It is poor grammar to do so, but I can't think of a logical reason why.
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