12 simple writing rules

This post is dedicated to all my students who are currently in the process of writing up their e-learning research assignments.

Writing is still a central component of academic success and always will be.

Yet many students still keep making the same simple errors - failing to proof read before they submit, typographical errors and grammatical errors could so easily be eliminated if only they took a little more time.

As usual, I have held several tutorials with each of my students, but there is no substitute for going back to look over the rules of the English language, getting grammar right, steering clear of repetition and avoiding all the avoidable little syntax errors you could of avoided.


1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They are old hat)
6. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also, too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Don't use no double negatives.
12. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Good luck to them all. :-D

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