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Writing Twisters - 12/29/2006 3:52:26 AM   
Musicmystery


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Status: offline 		Hi A/all,

Several famous people have done this under various titles--

the idea is to write a sentence that breaks the writing advice you're explaining.

For example, a few of my favorites:

-A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.
-Take the bull by the hand and don't mix metaphors.
-Don't verb nouns.

What are yours, borrowed or original?
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RE: Writing Twisters - 12/29/2006 7:44:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		And don’t forget it’s also wrong to start a sentence with a conjunctive. Thats all I can think of.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 12/29/2006 1:16:17 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 12/29/2006 1:19:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		A preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 12/29/2006 1:37:41 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 12/29/2006 3:35:15 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/3/2007 2:37:13 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/3/2007 4:09:22 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/3/2007 10:55:05 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 7:42:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		When beginning a sentence with a dependent clause, or with introductory phrases, modifiers, qualifiers, disclaimers, or another other such information, whether the purpose is to set the stage or to clarify intent, even if such material is essential to a proper reading of the message, and regardless of subjective feelings of the relative importance of these often helpful indicators of intent, be sure to ensure clarity by getting to the main point of the sentence quickly.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 7:43:11 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 8:01:54 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

When beginning a sentence with a dependent clause, or with introductory phrases, modifiers, qualifiers, disclaimers, or another other such information, whether the purpose is to set the stage or to clarify intent, even if such material is essential to a proper reading of the message, and regardless of subjective feelings of the relative importance of these often helpful indicators of intent, be sure to ensure clarity by getting to the main point of the sentence quickly.


ROTFLMAO!
 
...and using abreviations is soooo annoying. lol.
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 6:08:59 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 6:11:53 PM   
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Yours,


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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 7:21:20 PM   
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ORIGINAL: gooddogbenji

Sentence fragments are

Yours,


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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 7:43:33 PM   
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This sentence is equivalent to the Gödel number of the formula gotten by arithmoquining the formula with the Gödel number equivalent to this sentence.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 7:46:09 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 9:48:43 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

Hi A/all,

Several famous people have done this under various titles--

the idea is to write a sentence that breaks the writing advice you're explaining.

For example, a few of my favorites:

-A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.


-Take the bull by the hand and don't mix metaphors.
-Don't verb nouns.

What are yours, borrowed or original?


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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 11:32:34 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/4/2007 11:39:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		When ewe right, make sure to always use the write word as their are several words witch may sound the same, butt, actually, dew have different meanings.

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