Audit Report Writing Rules

ü  Always avoid alliteration.

ü  Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

ü  Avoid clichés like the plague.

ü  Employ the vernacular.

ü  Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.

ü  Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.

ü  It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.

ü  Contractions aren't necessary.

ü  Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.

ü  One should never generalize.

ü  Comparisons are as bad as clichés.

ü  Don't be redundant and don't use more words than necessary because it's highly superfluous.

ü  Profanity sucks.

ü  Be more or less specific.

ü  Understatement is always best.

ü  Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

ü  One-word sentences? Eliminate.

ü  Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.

ü  The passive voice is to be avoided.

ü  Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.

ü  Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

ü  Who needs rhetorical questions?

ü  Sentences without verbs--bad idea.

ü  Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.

ü  Don't use no double negatives

ü  Verbs has to agree with their subjects.

ü  Avoid commas that are not necessary.

ü  Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences--such as those of ten or more words--to their antecedents.

ü  Use parallel structure when you write and in speaking.

ü  Take the bull in hand and don't mix metaphors.

ü  Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

ü  Unless you are quoting other people's exclamations, kill all exclamation points!!!

ü  Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.