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- "AMER_ENG.TXT", collected by Dave Byter, 1/2 Fast Software, Ritner, KY 42639
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- Please observe the following rules when programming in AMER_ENG.LNG:
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- Do not use computerese, jargon, argot, newspeak, or British when expressing
- yourself in the American English Language.
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- Subject and verb always has to agree.
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- Do not use a foreign word when there is an adequate English quid pro quo.
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- It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions. Avoid archæic spellings too.
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- Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
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- Avoid clichés like the very plague.
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- Mixed metaphors are a pain in the ass and should be thrown out the window.
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- Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
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- Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
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- Use your spell checker to avoid mispelling and to catch typograhpical errors.
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- Don't be redundant.
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- Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
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- Remember to never split an infinitive.
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- The passive voice should not be used.
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- Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
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- Don't never use no double negatives.
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- Poofread carefully to see if you have any words out.
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- Check carefully for grammatical errers.
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- Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
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- Avoid colloquial stuff.
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- Eschew obfuscation.
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- No sentence fragments.
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- A preposition is never a proper word to end a sentence with.
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- Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
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- Don't indulge in excessively sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
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- And always be sure to finish what