ENG 333 Communication for Science and Research

Violators of the following rules will be visited immediately by the GRAMMAR POLICE!

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. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragements.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. One should NEVER generalize.
13. Don't use no double negatives.
14. The passive voice is to be ignored.
15. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
16. Never use a big words when a dimunitive one would suffice.
17. Kill all exclamation points!!!
18. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
19. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
20. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloguialisms.
22. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23. Who needs rhetorical questions?
24. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.