Can we please add apostrophe usage? Remember: "apostrophes," not "apostrophe's" unless you are talking about the apostrophe's tail.
Only on a typewriter. Ever notice that this software will automatically truncate blank spaces? Go ahead. Try it! The only way to get more than a single space is to add one or more ___filler characters... and color them black; but they will still be visible to the keen eye.Actually, two spaces between sentences is perfectly acceptable; ...
Actually, two spaces between sentences is perfectly acceptable; but good post.
Especially good coming from someone as young as chausman.Guides to Good Writing Style
1. Its important to use apostrophe's right.
2. It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.
3. Never leave a transitive verb just lay t here without an object.
4. Only Proper Nouns should be capitalized. also a sentence should. begin with a capital and end with a full stop
5. Use hyphens in compound-words, not just in any two-word phrase.
6. In letters compositions reports and things like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.
7. Watch out for irregular verbs which have creeped into our language.
8. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
9. Avoid unnecessary redundancy.
10. A writer mustn't shift your point of view.
11. Don't write a run-on sentence you've got to punctuate it.
12. A preposition isn't a good thing to end a sentence with.
13. Avoid clichés like the plague. And the number 13.
Especially good coming from someone as young as chausman.
A so-called “sovereign citizen” in the state of Washington, just sentenced to 40 months in prison, has filed suit accusing the government and its agents of using poor grammar and writing at a second-grade level. ... Like many sovereigns who don’t recognize most state and federal laws, he claims the government uses grammar to enslave it citizens.
I'm probably a terrible person, but I might lose my teacher card if I didn't point out that this sentence ends with a preposition.
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