CMN 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fax, Semicolon, Hyperbole

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 124
• Professor: Fotios Sarris

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I am not loving that present continuous verb tense. The passive voice should never be used. And do not put statements in the negative form. Do not start a sentence with a conjunction. Do not overuse exclamation points and all caps to emphasize. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their. Eliminate commas, that , are not necessary. Paremtjetoca; wprds jpwever sjpi;d ne emclosed in commas. Use the apostrophe in its proper place and omit it when it"s not needed. Verbs has to agree with its antecedents. Contractions aren"t necessary and should not be used. Avoid the use of dyed-in-the-wool cliches like the plague they are old hat. As you may or may not be aware. Don"t be redundant; don"t use more words than necessary its highly superfluous. Usually you should be more or less specific. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.