What final sentences are for.
We’ve had a couple of people tell us that the quality of our final sentences has declined, and that we should be more selective. That’s fine. As users of Tumblr, you are free to judge us — and even unfollow us! The truth is, though, these criticisms have made us mods ask ourselves whether we …
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
“I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” Jonathan Safran Foer
