English is FUNdamental

1. Allways check your speling.
2. Proof-read to see if you any words out.
3. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
4. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
5. Steer clear of incorrect forms of verbs that have snuck in the language.
6. Don't use contractions in formal writing.
7. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
8. Don't use no double negatives.
9. Write all adverbial forms correct.
10. The adverb usually follows the verb.
11. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of ten words or more, to their antecedents.
12. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
13. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
14. No sentence fragments.
15. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
16. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
17. "It is best not to use too many 'quotation marks,'" he said.
18. Avoid commas, that are not necessary, and un-necessary hyphens, too.
19. Use the semicolon properly, always use it where it is appropriate; and never where it isn't.
20. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
21. Don't string too many prepositional phrases together unless you are one of those walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
22. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition and redundancy can be avoided by rereading and editing.
23. Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
24. A writer must not shift your point of view in mid-sentence.
25. Eschew dialect, irregardless.
26. Also, avoid awkward and affected alliteration.
27. Of course, it is incumbent upon everyone to avoid archaisms.
28. Always pick on the correct idiom.
29. Take the bull by the hand and say no to mixed metaphors.
30. Avoid trendy elocutions that sound flaky.
31. Resist hyberbole, even if you have to remind yourself a thousand times.
32. Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.