“How to write good“:
v It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
v Contractions aren’t necessary.
v The passive voice is to be avoided.
v Prepositions are not the words to end sentences with.
v Be more or less specific.
v Who needs rhetorical questions?
v Exaggeration is a billion times more worth than understatement.
v What do fish say when they hit a concrete wall? ...Dam!
v What do you get from a pampered cow? ...Spoiled milk.
v What do you see about cheese that isn’t yours? ...Nacho cheese.
v What do you say about four bullfighters in quicksand? Quattro sinko.
v What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? Frostbite.
v The state trooper pulled up alongside a speeding car and was shocked to see the little old lady at the wheel was knitting. The officer switched on his lights and sounded his siren but the driver was oblivious. So the trooper cranked up the bullhorn and yelled to the woman, “Pull over.“
“No,“ the old lady shouted back. “Cardigan.“
From Reader’s Digest “Laughter the Best Medicine II“
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