As blogging evolves, the spoken English are becoming more and more acceptable in writings too, Chong of GoodEssays shares his thoughts on some of these Top 10 English Grammar Myths and Superstitions in Essay Writing, worth a look.
- Never split infinitives
- Never use contractions in essay writing
- Never begin a sentence with ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘because’ (conjunctions)
- Never begin the essay title with prepositions
- Never use first-person pronouns in academic writing
- Never refer the readers as ‘you’
- Never use ‘between’ with more than two objects
- Never use ‘since’ as because
- Never use direct question
- Two-syllable adjectives must use the suffix –er or suffix –est form to form comparative or superlative
Complete descriptions at GoodEssays.
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Posted by hongkiat in Blogosphere , at 05.30.07
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Comments
Friedbeef May 30th, 2007
Hmm… I feel that essays are for the reader as a 3rd person. Blogs are often conversations thus different rules may apply - esp. referring to reader as ‘you’.
ReplyChong May 30th, 2007
By the way, do you know that advertisers from essay writing services are no longer able to bid in AdWords as of June 1 due to the recent changes in Google policy? I predict Good English Essays blog earnings will drop from two figures to one figure monthly since most if not all AdSense ads are about essay writing, proofreading and editing services.
P.S. Thanks for mentioning my post at your blog.
Replyhongkiat February 19th, 2008
Really interesting read.
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