Japanese crossword «Duck - Ampersand»
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1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific.
reply2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific.
16. Understatement is always best.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23.Who needs rhetorical questions?
reply17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23.Who needs rhetorical questions?
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I'm such a grammar freak. I have too many pet peeves.
News reporters especially are disappointing. It seems no ones knows the proper use of "fewer" and "less" anymore.
Don't get me started...Argh!
replyNews reporters especially are disappointing. It seems no ones knows the proper use of "fewer" and "less" anymore.
Don't get me started...Argh!
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So bear with me, please. English is not my native language.
replyI was never taught and didn't know the distinction between fewer and less until I started coaching kids for the SAT in my 50s and learned it from a prep book. And I'm well read and was an Honors student in college. NOW I know that the Express Lane at the store should say "20 items or Fewer" rather than "less"
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Had a similar list. Mine included:
-proofread carefully to see if you any words out
-do not use an extensive word when a diminutive one would suffice
reply-proofread carefully to see if you any words out
-do not use an extensive word when a diminutive one would suffice
My brain tickles from the fact that the Swedish word for the bird "duck" is "and", while the Swedish word for "and" is "och" (pronunciated "okk")
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You may be interested to know that the Dutch word for squirrel is eekhoorn, pronounced roughly like "acorn." This led to some confusion when I was trying to learn the word from a Dutch fellow student and teach him the English word. The "eek" element may or may not be related to our words "oak" and "acorn".
replySure. Just one picture is not hard enough... You are a master of this! Thank you!
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Something new for me... I didn't know its name in English.
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cute tail feathers! the ampersand is my favorite non-alphanumerical symbol so this one's got my heart haha
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Oh my god. This is the secret origin or the Alphabet series!
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