Comment by ctdonath

Amazing how small linguistic changes can cause large semantic shifts.

Comparable to the post's rule: in English, a few rules I've picked up are

- avoid words ending in "ly" (suffix weakens concepts; suggestion from Stephen King)

- never start a sentence with "I" and otherwise minimize its use

- "but" negates everything that came before

- avoid "to be"

Any other such suggestions, in natural or artificial languages?