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		<title>Their, They&#8217;re, and There</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;So tired of rich people forking over $6k to cry at #TED for 3 days a year. Their so moved but their just their to do business networking.&#8221;
This was actually tweeted on Sunday by someone who has almost 95,000 people that follow their updates on Twitter. Unbelievable! He&#8217;s zero for three in using the correct word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lose and Loose!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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I keep seeing these two words being used incorrectly and it&#8217;s frustrating! Lose and loose aren&#8217;t even homophones (two or more words pronounced alike, yet are different in spelling, derivation, or meaning such as their, there, and they&#8217;re).
So, just for the record, here are two quick definitions for lose and loose.
Lose &#8211; to not win, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PlainLanguage.gov Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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This is a good resource for writers. While the focus of PlainLanguage.gov is on &#8220;Improving Communication from the Federal Government to the Public&#8221;, it still contains many helpful guidelines and resources. In order to give you a better idea of what &#8220;Plain Language&#8221; is, here is the description given on their website:


What is Plain Language?
Plain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Tips from George Orwell</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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While I certainly do not agree with George Orwell on politics, religion, and many other issues, I do appreciate his tips on writing well. He was a passionate defender of good writing. Here are some of Orwell’s more famous writing tips.

 A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least [...]]]></description>
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