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		<title>Apostrophe overload</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why &quot;correctness&quot; matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Invented English: &quot;smokefree&quot;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to create publicity material to accompany the implementation of a law making it illegal to smoke in enclosed places, the UK Department of Health (DoH) have invented a new  word: &#8220;smokefree&#8221;. 
In fact they have an entire campaign going on about &#8220;Smokefree England&#8220;.
I am in despair about this. Not, let me explain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The prepositions are fine, but&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend asked me today whether it was OK to use a preposition at the end of a sentence in a training manual he was writing. I was able to reassure him that his use of prepositions was fine. I even quoted the &#8220;Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Style&#8221; (Oxford University Press, 2004, p.96) which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better grammar &#8211; at your local supermarket now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a news item on the Plain English Campaign&#8217;s web site, the Tesco supermarket chain is to replace the signs reading &#8220;10 items or less&#8221; with new signs reading &#8220;Up to 10 items&#8221;.Lovers of good English usage have always been infuriated by the old signs because they ignored the rule that &#8220;fewer&#8221; is used [...]]]></description>
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