miércoles, 2 de octubre de 2013

Escribir bien

Encontré por casualidad una serie de consejos llamada “Cómo escribir bien” (en inglés), y antes de compartirlo aquí quise investigar sobre su autor, porque aparecían varios nombres. Así descubrí que hay mucha gente que quiere compartir lo que ha aprendido y ha escrito cosas parecidas... El texto se llama, con título gramaticalmente incorrecto: “How to Write Good”, que es el título de un libro de John Vorhaus, pero hasta donde pude averiguar, lo siguiente fue escrito por Frank L. Visco, basado en una nota del Writers’ digest. 
También encontré esta segunda lista, que se deriva de las Reglas para escritores de William Safire, experto en lenguaje del New York Times.
  1. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
  2. It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
  3. Avoid archaeic spellings too.
  4. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
  5. Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.
  6. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
  7. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
  8. Subject and verb always has to agree.
  9. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
  10. Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
  11. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
  12. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
  13. Don't never use no double negatives.
  14. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
  15. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
  16. Eschew obfuscation.
  17. No sentence fragments.
  18. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
  19. A writer must not shift your point of view.
  20. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
  21. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
  22. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
  23. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
  24. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
  25. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
  26. Always pick on the correct idiom.
  27. The adverb always follows the verb.
  28. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
  29. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
  30. And always be sure to finish what

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