11. Put statements in positive form. Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. Use the word not as a means of denial or in antithesis, never as a means of evasion. a) He was not very often on time. b) He usually came late. a) He did not think that studying Latin was much use. b) He thought the study of Latin useless. a)
