383. Place similar modifiers of the same word together.

Wrong. We saw an old house painted white.

Right. We saw an old white house.

Revise. He had a stern face, forbidding and ugly.

384. Use only one negative in a clause.

Wrong. You haven’t seen nothing yet.

Right. You have seen nothing yet.

Right. You haven’t seen anything yet.

Revise. She had not gone no farther than the post office when she heard a shot.

385. Use or as a conjunction—not nor—when the first of the connected elements carries a negative.