Sunday, October 07, 2007

Proper Grammar Guide - Classic Riverbank*


If you're going to write a blog, it is important that proper grammar be maintained.
So, in an effort to help everyone out, I present to you my:

25 Easy Steps to Gooder Grammar

1. Don't abbrev.
2. Check to see if you any words out.
3. Be carefully to use adjectives and adverbs correct.
4. About sentence fragments.
5. When dangling, don't use participles.
6. Don't use no double negatives.
7. Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.
8. just Between You and i, Case Is important.
9. Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
10. Don't, use commas, that aren't, necessary.
11. Its important to use apostrophe's right.
12. It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.
13. Never leave a transitive verb just lay there without an object.
14. Only Proper Nouns should be capitalized.
15. a sentence should begin with a capital and end with a period
16. Use-hyphens in compound-words, not-just in any two-word phrase.
17. In letters compositions reports and things like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.
18. Watch out for irregular verbs which have creeped into our language.
19. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
20. Avoid unnecessary unneeded redundancy.
21. A writer mustn't shift your point of view.
22. Don't write a run-on sentence its not a proper thing you've got to punctuate it.
24. A preposition isn't a good thing to end a sentence with.
25. Avoid cliches like the plague


*THIS CLASSIC RIVERBANK POST ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON MARCH 27, 2006

6 Comments:

Blogger Sarah said...

Hey, tramp, I found your blog via C-bol's.

I like it and I've added it to my list o' faves.

Ta for now.

Monday, March 27, 2006 7:50:00 PM  
Blogger Tramp said...

Great. Now I owe CBol another buck.
Just kidding! Welcome aboard and have fun. And thanks for the compliment.

Monday, March 27, 2006 7:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thems gud ruls.

-cbol

Monday, March 27, 2006 9:09:00 PM  
Blogger Tramp said...

Yes them is. I ciphers good because of them thar rules.

Monday, March 27, 2006 9:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Tramp - I followed ya here from C'bol's too. I tried before to post a comment and couldn't, but now I'm gonna add you to my favorites, too.

Great rules!

Monday, March 27, 2006 9:54:00 PM  
Blogger Tramp said...

I appreciate it SGirl. I try to keep it entertaining. It's nice to be noticed. Thanks. New post on "Famous Last Words" coming up. I think it's a good one.

Monday, March 27, 2006 10:51:00 PM  

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