WELCOME to Tuesday June 12, 2012. Rules for English Usage!
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
Avoid clichés like the plague (they’re old hat).
Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
Be more or less specific.
Remarks in brackets (however relevant) are (usually) (but not always) unnecessary.
Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
No sentence fragments.
Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used.
Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
One should NEVER generalize.
Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
Don’t use no double negatives.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
One-word sentences? Eliminate.
Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
The passive voice is to be ignored.
Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words
however should be enclosed in commas.
Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
Kill all exclamation points!!!
Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth shaking ideas.
Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed.
Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole;
not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
Puns are for children, not groan readers.
Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
Who needs rhetorical questions?
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a great Tuesday people, and whatever you do,
don’t forget to LAUGH IT UP! Peace I am outta here, Eucman!
QUOTES OF THE DAY
“A new survey found that half of all American employees have
faked a sick day. While the other half have just lied on a survey.” -Jimmy Fallon
“A newspaper is a thing that people used to read. It’s like a website,
but all the information is from yesterday.” -Craig Ferguson
There has been a lot of talk about conserving energy. Like keeping the
thermostat down in the winter. Using low energy bulbs. Turning off lights.
Using less gas. It made me realize, my dad was like the first environmentalist.
He would walk around the house yelling, ‘turn off those lights! Turn the heat down!’
He was green before his time.” -Jay Leno
G U A R A N T E D T O M A K E Y O U L A F F….
A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “Because,” he said, “I can’t stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.”
Monday’s Movie Trivia of the day!‘How much movie trivia can you answer?
What movie is this quote from??? “I’m a precision instrument of speed and aerodynamics”
Answer: Lightning McQueen (Cars) “Cars”, whose characters are anthropomorphic motor vehicles, was Pixar’s final feature before it was purchased by Disney. The movie centres on Lightning (voiced by Owen Wilson), a rookie who is in a position to win the famed Piston Cup. A series of events sees him stranded in a run-down town called Radiator Springs. It is here that he meets a former champion, Doc Hudson, voiced by Paul Newman, and learns some valuable lessons about life and racing. Lightning is young and brash, as evidenced by the above quote, which he blurts out to Mater, the tow truck, when they first meet. Mater, a little slow on the uptake, replies “You hurt your what”? The movie was directed by John Lasseter and made on a budget of $120 million. It would return in excess of $450 million from the box office.
Tuesday’s Movie Trivia of the day!‘How much movie trivia can you answer?
What movie is this quote from??? “Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning’s winning”
Monday’s Quizzler is……….
The blanks below can be filled in with words spelled with the same four letters in different order. Find them.
There once was a musical, _ _ _ _.
It was performed in three _ _ _ _.
When it was through,
The audience flew
And all of the _ _ _ _ went _ _ _ _.
ANSWER: There once was a musical, CATS, It was performed in three ACTS, When it was through,
The audience flew, And all of the CAST went SCAT.
Tuesday’s Quizzlers is……….
I’m in a zoo
But not in a jungle
I rarely come in pairs
But I’m in every puzzle
Some think I’m in a xylophone
But, I most certainly am not
You don’t see me with a loan
But very strangely in a zealot
I’m in the magical prison of Azkaban
Well, can’t you see?
I’m in the buzz of a fan
But, my oh my what could I be?
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