16. Do not confuse metaphor.
17. Do not mix metaphor with literal statement.
18. Do not use poetic metaphor to illustrate a prosaic subject.
19. Emphatic words must stand in emphatic positions; i. e., for the most part, at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
20. Unemphatic words must, as a rule, be kept from the end.
21. The Subject, if unusually emphatic, should often be transferred from the beginning of the sentence.
22. The object is sometimes placed before the verb for emphasis.
23. Where several words are emphatic make it clear which is the most emphatic. Emphasis can sometimes be given by adding an epithet, or an intensifying word.
24. Words should be as near as possible to the words with which they are grammatically connected.
25. Adverbs should be placed next to the words they are intended to qualify.