English

Always avoid alliteration. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Avoid cliches like the plague—they’re old hat. Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. Contractions aren’t necessary. Do not use a

 A really hilarious TV commercial for Berlitz on why you should improve your English.If the video does not play, click here.(Hat tip for this video to my friend Joan Pinto.)

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon… is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “a word alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of volcanic ash, causing inflammation in the lungs.’” Source(s):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English    

An exhaustive list of proverbs and sayings. A must read for advertising copywriters , writers in general and language buffs.1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.4. A bargain is a bargain.5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.6.

The phrases appear in a book called Damp Squid, named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework reports The Telegraph.The researchers who compiled the list monitor the use of phrases in a database called the Oxford University Corpus, which comprises books, papers, magazines, broadcast, the internet and other