Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Top 10 English Grammar Myths and Superstitions in Essay Writing

As blogging evolves, the spoken English are becoming more and more acceptable in writings too, Chong of GoodEssays shares his thoughts on some of these Top 10 English Grammar Myths and Superstitions in Essay Writing, worth a look.

  1. Never split infinitives
  2. Never use contractions in essay writing
  3. Never begin a sentence with ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘because’ (conjunctions)
  4. Never begin the essay title with prepositions
  5. Never use first-person pronouns in academic writing
  6. Never refer the readers as ‘you’
  7. Never use ‘between’ with more than two objects
  8. Never use ‘since’ as because
  9. Never use direct question
  10. Two-syllable adjectives must use the suffix –er or suffix –est form to form comparative or superlative

Complete descriptions at GoodEssays.

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