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		<title>Your or you&#8217;re?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common problems in the English language is the use of contractions. They are supposed to make life a little easier, but it seems that they don&#8217;t do much more than confuse. The case of your vs. you&#8217;re is a classic example.
I have said that the easiest way for me to remember [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mywritinghelp.wordpress.com&blog=4407658&post=334&subd=mywritinghelp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Its or It&#8217;s?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference between &#8220;its&#8221; and &#8220;it&#8217;s&#8221; is very important, but it can be hard to remember. Luckily for you, this diction problem is a pet peeve of mine. If you still have a question when you&#8217;re finished reading this post, I need to find a new hobby.  
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		<title>The Reason is Because</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word &#8220;reason&#8221; has fallen victim to redundancy. When we say &#8220;the reason is&#8221; we are about to state the cause of something, right? When we start the explanation with &#8220;because,&#8221; we&#8217;re doing the same thing. In fact, Merriam Webster uses the word &#8220;reason&#8221; to define &#8220;because.&#8221; So why do we often start our explanations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mywritinghelp.wordpress.com&blog=4407658&post=262&subd=mywritinghelp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;And me&#8221; or &#8220;and I&#8221;?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re making a list of people in a sentence, and you want to include yourself, do you say &#8220;and I&#8221; or &#8220;and me&#8221;? It depends. Here&#8217;s the easy way to figure it out: drop the other people.
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Sounds Bad: My husband&#8217;s favorite cooks are: Rachael Rae, Chef Ramsay, Paula Dean and I.
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		<title>Their They&#8217;re There</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The differences between &#8220;their,&#8221; &#8220;they&#8217;re,&#8221; &#8220;there&#8221; can be easily remembered if the definitions are known. And it helps to know a few mental tricks.
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