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12 Rules of Grammar

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Rule 1: Every sentence should start with a Capital letter in the first word.
Rule 2: Every sentence should either end with a full stop (or) a question mark (or) an exclamation mark.
Rule 3: Every sentence should have SVO (Subject – Verb – Object).
Rule 4: The Subject and Verb forms are interrelated in the sentence.
Rule 5: Use Either – or (or) Neither – nor depending on the Sentence while using singular nouns.
Rule 6: Proper Nouns should be capitalized anywhere in the sentences (including at the beginning) when used.
Rule 7: Common Nouns should be capitalized only at the beginning of the sentences.
Rule 8: The words its – it’s, and you’re – your are not the same.
Rule 9: Use Indefinite Articles for Countable Nouns and Definite with specific Countable & all Uncountable Nouns.
Rule 10: Use the article “a” for Consonant sounds and “an” for vowel sounds.
Rule 11: Use Apostrophe to show Possessions.
Rule 12: Active voice is more preferred than Passive voice in the English Language.

Do you follow these rules?
 
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Rule 1: Every sentence should start with a Capital letter in the first word.
Rule 2: Every sentence should either end with a full stop (or) a question mark (or) an exclamation mark.
Rule 3: Every sentence should have SVO (Subject – Verb – Object).
Rule 4: The Subject and Verb forms are interrelated in the sentence.
Rule 5: Use Either – or (or) Neither – nor depending on the Sentence while using singular nouns.
Rule 6: Proper Nouns should be capitalized anywhere in the sentences (including at the beginning) when used.
Rule 7: Common Nouns should be capitalized only at the beginning of the sentences.
Rule 8: The words its – it’s, and you’re – your are not the same.
Rule 9: Use Indefinite Articles for Countable Nouns and Definite with specific Countable & all Uncountable Nouns.
Rule 10: Use the article “a” for Consonant sounds and “an” for vowel sounds.
Rule 11: Use Apostrophe to show Possessions.
Rule 12: Active voice is more preferred than Passive voice in the English Language.

Do you follow these rules?


In NON-Fiction. Yes. At least: Mostly.

In Fiction: They're a good place to start, and then to vary from them when it makes sense in context, and in character. But then to overdo something along those lines quickly gets worn out an tiresome. You can see that with some TV characters where some VP of Production thinks something is funny, while the rest of us are changing the channel, or some popular music where they get stuck in some cliche chorus and don't know when, or how, to stop and the song goes on for well over a minute after it should have ended, or perhaps this sentence which could have easily ended after the word 'funny' and equally made the point.

Don't try this at home, I am a trained professional.
 
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Colin Mochrie Laughing GIF by Prime Video Canada


Speaking of bad things to say..... *from a Whose Line Is It Anyway" scene*
--Colin: Hey, I didn't mean to cook your dog/But hey those things just happen/Mine was just standing there/And his little toes started tapping/So I cut his throat/Well, go get a goat/And then I put him on the barbecue... (Ryan drags him offstage)
 
Colin Mochrie Laughing GIF by Prime Video Canada


Speaking of bad things to say..... *from a Whose Line Is It Anyway" scene*
--Colin: Hey, I didn't mean to cook your dog/But hey those things just happen/Mine was just standing there/And his little toes started tapping/So I cut his throat/Well, go get a goat/And then I put him on the barbecue... (Ryan drags him offstage)
Colin is a Canadian treasure!
 
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