How to Rite Rite

or: Verbs has to agree with their subject.
 
  General Grammar
  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. Remember to never split an infinitive.
  5. Don't use no double negatives.
  6. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
  7. Have a good reason for Capitalizing a word.
  8. Watch out for irregular verbs which has crope into our language.
  9. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
  10. Correct spelling is esential. Consult a dictionery for correct spelling.
  11. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.

Punctuation
  1. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
  2. In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep a long string of items apart.
  3. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
  4. Never let a colon separate: the main parts of the sentence.
  5. Reserve the dash - which is often overused - for emphasis.
  6. Avoid un-necessary hyphens; divide words only between sy-llables.
  7. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
  8. Use a semicolon where needed, use it properly; and never where not called for.
  9. Kill all exclamation points!!!

Style
  1. Avoid cliches like the plague. They are an old hat.
  2. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
  3. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
  4. Be more or less specific.
  5. No sentence fragments.
  6. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
  7. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than unnecessary; it's highly superfluous.
  8. One should never generalize.
  9. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
  10. A writer must not shift your point of view. When a writer has chosen a point of view, you should stick to it.
  11. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
  12. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
  13. The passive voice is to be avoided.
  14. Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.
  15. It behooves us to avoid archaisms.
  16. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
  17. Don’t use trendy words whose parameters are not viable.
  18. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
  19. Always pick on the correct idiom.
  20. Profanity is for assholes.
  21. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shattering ideas.
  22. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
  23. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it effectively.
  24. Puns are for children, not for groan readers.
  25. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
  26. Who needs rhetorical questions?
  27. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

Proofreading
  1. Proofread every space and letter carefully to see if you any words out.
  2. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
  3. Remember to finish what you sta