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