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Grammar Rules Can be Fun – Part 2

21 Monday May 2012

Posted by robincoyle in In Search . . .

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Curiouser.co.uk, Grammar, Grammar Rules, The Laughing Housewife, writers, writing

Here, for your reading pleasure, is the rest of the list of funny takes on grammar “rules.” Message to Tilly Bud over at The Laughing Housewife: the second rule on the list is for you. Not because I want you to stop with the puns, but because I hope the pun makes you grown (pun intented). If you want/need a daily laugh, visit Ms. Tilly Bud’s blog.

If you missed Part 1 of the “rules” – click right here.

▪    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.

▪    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.

▪    The passive voice should never be used.

▪    Do not put statements in the negative form.

▪    Verbs have to agree with their subjects.

▪    A writer must not shift your point of view.

▪    Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.

▪    Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.

▪    If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.

▪    Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.

▪    Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.

▪    Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.

▪    Always pick on the correct idiom.

▪    The adverb always follows the verb.

▪    Be careful to use the rite homonym.

▪    Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Thank you to Jenni Larsen for submitting these rules to curiouser.co.uk.

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