... and now for the muse

At the local government agency I contract to their long-serving corporate media advisor has been head-hunted to a new job. She was oft referred to as the 'english nazi' for advice given to others for correct use of english. I'm not sure if she ever consulted on capitalisation of pronouns - a stlye thing i sometimes choose to ignore; less through laziness than effect.

But frequent were her chimes about there being no missing letters in the gender neutral possessive pronoun, and her parting gift was this wee excerpt of how to [sic] right good england [/sic].

How to Write Good
Avoid run-on sentences, they are hard to read.
No sentence fragments.
It behoves us to avoid archaisms.
Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.
Don't use no double negatives.
If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: resist hyperbole.
Avoid commas, that are not necessary.
Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Writing carefully, dangling participles should not be used.
Kill all exclamation marks!!!
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Take the bull by the hand, and don't mix metaphors.
Don't verb nouns.
Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.

I suggested one other in reply - Prepositions are not good for ending sentences with. - so if others have done the same I'll post them here later

Good luck Linda