These rules are collected from William Safire’s October 7 and November 4, 1979 “On Language” columns in The New York Times: Remember to never split an infinitive. A preposition is something never to end a sentence with. The passive voice should never be used. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Don’t use…
Funny
I accidentally took the wrong car
About a week ago the story of a Canadian woman who “stole” a stranger’s car (she didn’t realise she’d done so) made headlines. She got into the car which had one of those key fobs (rather than a key) so the car started with no problems. She drove around for two weeks before discovering the…
Writing rules poster
I stumbled across this poster on Amazon: