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Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
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OT - Pinging Ed
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Rules of English usage. 1.**Verbs*HAS*to*agree*with*their*subjects. 2.**Prepositions*are*not*words*to*end*sentences*wi th. 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're*old*h at) 6.**Also,*always*avoid*annoying*alliteration. 7.**Be*more*or*less*specific. 8.**Parenthetical*remarks*(however*relevant)*are*( usually)*unnecessary. 9.**Also*too,*never,*ever*use*repetitive*redundanc ies. 10. No sentence fragments. 11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used. 12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; ******it*is*highly*superfluous. 14.**One*should*NEVER*generalize. 15.**Comparisons*are*as*bad*as*cliches. 16.**Eschew*ampersands*&*abbreviations,*etc. 17.**One-word*sentences?**Eliminate. 18.**Analogies*in*writing*are*like*feathers*on*a*s nake. 19.**The*passive*voice*is*to*be*ignored. 20.**Eliminate*commas,*that*are,*not*necessary. 21.**Never*use*a*big*word*when*a*diminutive*one*wo uld*suffice. 22.**Use*words*correctly,*irregardless*of*how*othe rs*use*them. 23.**Understatement*is*always*the*absolute*best*wa y*to*put*forth *******earth-shaking*ideas. 24.**Eliminate*quotations.**As*Ralph*Waldo*Emerson *said,*"I*hate *******quotations.*Tell*me*what*you*know." 25.**If*you've*heard*it*once,*you've*heard*it*a*th ousand*times:*Resist *******hyperbole;*not*one*writer*in*a*million*can* use*it*correctly. 26.**Puns*are*for*children,*not*groan*readers. 27.**Go*around*the*barn*at*high*noon*to*avoid*coll oquialisms. 28.**Even*IF*a*mixed*metaphor*sings,*it*should*be* derailed. 29.**Who*needs*rhetorical*questions? 30.**Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. 31.**Avoid putting apostrophe's in plural's. And the last one... 32.**Poofread*carefully*to*see*if*you*any*words*ou t. ] |
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