Final essay Eng100

And don't start sentences with a conjunction.

If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a

Great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.

Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

Unqualified superlative are the worst of all.

De-accession euphemisms.

If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.

Avoid trendy locations that sound flaky.

Last, but not least, avoid cliche's like the plague.

- William Safire, “Great Rules of Writing”