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		<title>Bad adverb! Very bad &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like perfume, the smallest application of adverbs is plenty. “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” ~ Stephen King &#8220;Adverbs are the tool of the lazy writer.&#8221; ~ Mark Twain “In order to write good stuff you have to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="/2012/03/bad-adverb-very-bad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Deflate those Inflated Phrases</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effectual writers tighten their writing by transforming inflated phrases into shorter, more concise terms. This way they convey the same information with fewer words. This article examines how to recognize inflated phrases and how to deflate them. Inflation Although inflation &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="/2012/02/how-to-deflate-those-inflated-phrases/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Fix a Dangling Participle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refresher A dangling participle is a modifier that&#8217;s in the wrong place for the noun it is supposed to describe. This means: The modifier is too far away from what it is supposed to describe, or Another noun got in &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="/2012/01/how-to-fix-a-dangling-participle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dangling Participles May Be Funny, But &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If ever there is a time that readers will stop and ask themselves, &#8220;Now, what was that!?&#8221; it will happen after they read a sentence with a dangling participle. But even though dangling participles are confusing and are certainly poor form, the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="/2011/12/dangling-participles-may-be-funny-but/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Reduce Prolific Prepositions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Part 2 about the overuse of Prepositional Phrases. In today&#8217;s English, overuse of these phrases has diluted our writing and weakened its impact. Some experienced business and technical writers view prepositional phrases as evil. I wouldn’t go that far &#8230; sometimes they are &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="/2011/12/how-to-reduce-prolific-prepositions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plentiful Prepositions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too Much of a Good Thing? The English language is awash with prepositions &#8230; we could hardly communicate without them. Problems arise however when our writing sports too many prepositional phrases (examples are shown below). What is a Preposition, anyway? Prepositions &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="/2011/11/plentiful-prepositions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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