- Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Agree, Not Guilty
- Never use no double negatives. Agree, Not Guilty
- Use the semicolon properly, always where it is appropriate; and never where it is not. Agree, Not Guilty
- Reserve the apostrophe for it's proper use and omit it where it is not needed. Partially Agree, Not Guilty
- Verbs has to agree with their subjects. Agree, Not Guilty
- No sentence fragments. Bullshit.
- Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. Agree, Very Guilty
- Avoid commas, that are not necessary. Agree, Guilty
- When you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Agree, Guilty
- A writer must not shift your point of view. Agree, Not Guil — oh, look! A chipmunk!!
- Do not overuse exclamation marks!!! (In fact, avoid them whenever possible!!!) Partially agree, Somewhat guilty
- And do not start a sentence with a conjunction. Disagree, Very Guilty
- Place pronouns as closely as possible, especially in long sentences, as of ten or more words, to their antecedents. Agree, Occasionally Guilty
- Hyphenate only between syllables and avoid un-necessary hyphens. Agree, Not Guilty
- Write all adverbial forms correct. Agree, Not Guilty
- Don't use contractions. Depends on Situation, Guilty
- Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided. Agree, Not Guilty
- It is incumbent on us to avoid archaisms. Generally Agree, Not Guilty
- If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Generally Agree, Generally Not Guilty
- Steer clear of incorrect verb forms that have snuck into the language. Agree, Not Guilty
- Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors. Generally Disagree, Guilty
- Avoid modernisms that sound flaky. Generally Agree, Guilty
- Avoid barbarisms: they impact too forcefully. Confused By This So Probably Guilty
- Never, ever use repetitive redundancies. Agree, Very Very Guilty
- Everyone should be careful to use singular pronouns with singular nouns in their writing. Agree, Probably Guilty Occasionally
- Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration. Disagree (I love alliteration), But Not Guilty
- Do not string a large number of prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Agree, Rarely Guilty
- Always pick on the the correct idiom. Agree, Not Guilty
- "Avoid overuse of 'quotation' 'marks.'" Agree, "Occasional" Guilt
- Never use more words than are necessary to get your point across: be concise. Agree, Extremely Guilty
- Awayz check you're spelling. (Your spellchecker would only pick up one of the two errors here.) Agree, Guilty Beyond Belief
- Always be avoided by the passive voice. Generally Agree, Guilty
- Every sentence a verb. Agree, Not Guilty
- Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague: seek viable alternatives. Disagree, Guilty As Charged