Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

In dealing with Syria's dictator...only force counts. No cease-fire was attainable in Lebanon until the 16-inch guns of the battleship New Jersey started shelling Syria's proxies; suddenly, sweet reason prevailed in Damascus.

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.

Some handsome and ambitious men believe they are above all morality, and a woman's virtue becomes a mere challenge to them.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'