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Title: Writing: How to write well.
Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:16:16 PM
Avoid alliteration always.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:16:37 PM
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:16:50 PM
The passive voice is to be avoided.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:17:16 PM
Avoid cliches like the plague.  They are old hat.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:17:41 PM
Writers should never generalize.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:17:53 PM
It is wrong to split an infinitive.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:18:05 PM
Be more or less specific.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:18:33 PM
Exaggeration is a trillion times worse than understatement.
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Post by: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:19:26 PM
Do not use many more words than necessary to make your thought clear. It is highly superfluous.
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Post by: Lori Dee on February 21, 2026, 04:35:28 PM
Punctuation is the difference between a sentence that is well-written and a sentence that is well, written.
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Post by: Northern Star Girl on February 21, 2026, 04:46:39 PM
  @ChrissyRyan
As we both know ...
... we both love talking about Star Trek so I can not help sharing my reply to you here.
Hugs, Danielle
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 21, 2026, 03:17:53 PMIt is wrong to split an infinitive.

The famous example of splitting an infinitive is "to boldly go" from Star Trek.