Writing English Real Good

Here is George Orwell's list of rules for good writing:

(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.
(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.
(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
- George Orwell, On Politics and the English Language

Here is my list of rules for good writing:

Verbs HAS to proper go with its subjects.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Don’t use no double negatives, not never.
And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
It is wrong to ever split infinitives.
Avoid clichés like the plague.
Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
Be more or less specific.
Never use a big word where a diminutive word will suffice.