GRAMMER MADE EASY IN TWENTY-THREE STEPS
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HOW TO RITE RITE
01 ] Don't abbrev.
02 ] Check to see if you any words out.
03 ] Be carefully to use adjectives and adverbs correct.
04 ] About sentence fragments.
05 ] When dangling, don't use participles.
06 ] Don't use no double negatives.
07 ] Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.
08 ] Just between you and I, case is important.
09 ] Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
10] Don't use commas, that aren't necessary.
11] Its important to use apostrophes right.
12] It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitve.
13] Never leave a transitive verb just lay there without an object.
14] Only Proper Nouns should be capitalised. also a sentence should
15] begin with a capital and end with a full stop
16] Use hyphens in compound-words, not just in any two-word phrase.
17] In letters compositions reports and things like that we use commas
18] to keep a string of items apart.
19] Watch out for irregular verbs which have creeped into our language.
20] Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
21] Avoid unnecessary redundancy.
22] A writer mustn't shift your point of view.
23] Don't write a run-on sentence you've got to punctuate it.
24] A preposition isn't a good thing to end a sentence with.
25] Avoid cliches like the plague.
Well, I think that is a perfect blending of form and content.
Now, Welsh .. remember that? It would be smashing to have something similar for Welsh, bearing in mind as well that some of those up there would not apply, and other Welsh-specific ones would have to be imported. You could start with very simple ones ..even just translating some of those up there ..for example ...
1] Byrhawch chi dd.
2] Dim, o comas, diangen.
3] defnyddwch Llythyren brif ar Y cychwyn a atalnod llawn ar y diwedd
4] Berfau cyntaf fel rheol.
5] Ddefnyddwch y dreiglad meddal yn gofalus,
6] Mae "godidog" yr unig gair Cymraeg palynddromig ... mae'n bodoli dim llall.
That should give you the general idea, assuming I've got them right... but the main thing is for you to come up with some in the same vein... it's Terrific For Your Welsh for a start.
And while you think about that , here's Gildas ... " Y Gwr o Gwm Penmachno "... I bet you'll never guess where they finish up .... never, no chance ...
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