The Most Fun In Breaking A Rule

It Behooves Us To Avoid Archaisms. Never Use A Long Word When A Diminutive One Will Do.

Previously Known For Its Six Syllables Of Sweetness And Light, Reconciliation Has Become The Political Fighting Word Of The Year.

Do Not Put Statements In The Negative Form. And Don't Start Sentences With A Conjunction. If You Reread Your Work, You Will Find On Rereading That A Great Deal Of Repetition Can Be Avoided By Rereading And Editing. Never Use A Long Word When A Diminutive One Will Do. Unqualified Superlatives Are The Worst Of All. De-accession Euphemisms. If Any Word Is Improper At The End Of A Sentence, A Linking Verb Is. Avoid Trendy Locutions That Sound Flaky. Last, But Not Least, Avoid Cliches Like The Plague.

Never Put The Story In The Lead. Let 'em Have A Hot Shot Of Ambiguity Right Between The Eyes.

The Remarkable Legion Of The Unremarked, Whose Individual Opinions Are Not Colorful Or Different Enough To Make News, But Whose Collective Opinion, When Crystallized, Can Make History.