**Rule 1**
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
**Rule 2**
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
**Rule 3**
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
**Rule 4**
Never use the passive where you can use the active.
**Rule 5**
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
**Rule 6**
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.