This list of writing rules has probably been floating around for some time because William Safire died a couple of years ago, but it’s worth another look. My daughter sent the link to me today. I’m sure the fact that I edited and revised some of her writing this past weekend is only a coincidence.
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Not to imply I found any of those errors in my daughter's writing. Au contraire–she's a much better formal writer than I. Me. Hmmm… I?
…better than her mother is.
No, that's no good either, I guess.
Yes, in fact I do teach grad-level writing. MQ
Safire's list is funny. I like Winston Churchill's rule about ending the sentence with a preposition: "That is the sort of thing up with which I will not put."