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William Safire

William Safire

William Safire föddes den 17 december 1929
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Never assume the obvious is true.

Remember to never split an infinitive.
The passive voice should never be used.
Do not put statements in the negative form.
Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
Proofread carefully to see if you words out.
If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
A writer must not shift your point of view.
And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. (Remember, too, a preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.)
Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
Always pick on the correct idiom.
The adverb always follows the verb.
Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; seek viable alternatives.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

To communicate, put your words in order; give them a purpose; use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce.

If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being, get in touch with your thoughts. Put them in order, give them a purpose, use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce. The secret way to do this is to write them down, and then cut out the confusing parts.

A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top -- purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio.

Modern war needs modern lingo.

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

A sense of duty is moral glue, constantly subject to stress.

The phrase "New World Order" is Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing

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