Actually, I'm pretty sure it was you Americans who took the letters out...which seems progressive of you. It makes you look pretty good, until one remembers that Americans still haven't fully adopted the metric system. *tsk tsk*

Oh, and by the by, you should spell it superfluos.

superfluos?

Yeah, don't you think a third u is...well...superfluos?

mr mephisto..welcome back.. geez its been a while


right on baraka!

Oddly enough...some of my typical misspellings involve spelling things in British English over American English.

And I will never, ever spell aesthetics any other way, thanks to Oscar Wilde.

funny...

What's with the ampersand? Other than in a heading, you should use the word "and" when writing.

Just a thought. :)

Peace,

Pierre

Avoid alliteration. Always.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Employ the vernacular.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
Remember to never split an infinitive.
Contractions aren't necessary.
Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
One should never generalize.
Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
Be more or less specific.
Understatement is always best.
One-word sentences? Eliminate.
Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
The passive voice is to be avoided.
Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
Who needs rhetorical questions?
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
Don't never use a double negation.
capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with point
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 avoided 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 the irantecedents.
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; They're old hat; seek viable alternatives.

guess i was learned wrong...

Very cute, lktknow. I like. :thumbsup:

Makes you wonder who had the time to sit and think of how to express each item.

lktknow, those are great! Where did you get them from?

Roachboy:

In regards to your postings 28 and 30, I greatly appreciate your view of what is important. It truly is the hearing and being heard, the putting forth and the getting, the knowing and being known. It is love and hate, information, ideas, music, poetry, and really its just about everthing isn't it? It is the content and the connect.

I also think that language is so important and that it helps if we are on the same page with it, at least within a language. In that way one would know when the writer meant to pause, to change direction, and so forth. I think it is important to know how to put forth ideas on paper. (Being a design junkie adds to my view, and it bothers me that I thought I saw you had dissed the aesthetic value.)

Speaking of aesthetics, I think I also might like how you view the "game of spelling/grammar/propriety", if you care to elaborate. Or, whatever dude. I'm interested.

Thanks.