Monday, May 2, 2011

Rules

This list of writing rules has probably been floating around for some time because William Safire died a couple of years ago, but it's worth another look. My daughter sent the link to me today. I'm sure the fact that I edited and revised some of her writing this past weekend is only a coincidence.
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  1. Marsha QualeyMay 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    Not to imply I found any of those errors in my daughter's writing. Au contraire--she's a much better formal writer than I. Me. Hmmm... I?

    ...better than her mother is.

    No, that's no good either, I guess.

    Yes, in fact I do teach grad-level writing. MQ

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  2. Melinda R. CordellMay 2, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Safire's list is funny. I like Winston Churchill's rule about ending the sentence with a preposition: "That is the sort of thing up with which I will not put."

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