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		<title>The Michael Scott Guide to English</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He’s the world’s best boss (says so right on the coffee mug he bought for himself), but after seven seasons, Michael Scott is handing the reins of Dunder Mifflin over to someone else. And, as Michael might tell you, a great boss should leave a legacy. Among the memorable contributions he has made to his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=216&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The moon as inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[moon music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.&#8221; ~Rita Mae Brown A bit of a departure today from the usual knuckle-rapping grammar lessons. That&#8217;s because tonight&#8217;s moon will be the biggest one we&#8217;ve seen in 18 years, what&#8217;s called a &#8220;supermoon&#8221; &#8211; at once at its fullest size in the monthly cycle and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=204&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Valentines for Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen the delightful collection of Valentines for Journalists – which I totally heart. It led me to compile my Valentines for Writers. Please show some love and add your own in the comments section. Happy Valentine’s Day! Douglas Adams: You + me = 42. Aldous Huxley: Your love is like soma. George [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=195&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Become a better writer in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sherrygrammarian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10000 hours]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the themes that resonated with a lot of people from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers was the idea of 10,000 hours: using examples from Bill Gates to The Beatles, Gladwell posits that it takes 10,000 hours of slogging in your chosen field to really hit it big. Okay, so we can all think of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=184&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grammanarchy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Clash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” The Clash sing: This indecision’s bugging me If you don’t want me, set me free Exactly whom I’m s’posed to be Don’t you know which clothes even fit me? Does the anti-establishment veneer of Strummer and Jones hide a secret respect for their queen’s English? Or are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=161&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worst. Pitch. Ever.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sherrygrammarian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA["Your welcome"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typos happen. It’s a fact of life, as certain as death, taxes and that the runner-up on American Idol will do better than the winner. As an editor, you have to develop a tolerance level or risk multiple ulcers over every “Your welcome.” Professional writers, even diligent ones, will commit typo crimes. But once in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=143&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Editor porn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sherrygrammarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies if you clicked here looking for naked pictures of sexy editors. I’m afraid such things don’t exist. But it’s National Grammar Day, and I wanted to lay bare my passion for the well-written word. “Editor porn” is a term I picked up from Stephanie C. (@OttawaSteph on Twitter). She was referring to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=128&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The iTunes of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[language of love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing speaks the language of love better than music. It exquisitely captures and conveys all those emotions for which we sometimes lack words. Even better, there is a vast lexicon to choose from, so there’s always something to perfectly suit the occasion, whatever your musical taste. Personally, I’ve never been one for pop songs or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=121&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to speak Canadian</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sherrygrammarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very soon, Vancouver will welcome the world to the 2010 Olympic Games, and many visitors will be surprised to hear a foreign language. Here’s what you need to know about speaking “Canadian.” Like the country itself, Canadian English suffers from a bit of an identity crisis: Do we speak the tongue of our British heritage? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=112&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A grammar joke</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sherrygrammarian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[grammar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prepositions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We grammarians aren&#8217;t all &#8220;Conjugate this!&#8221; and &#8220;Punctuate that!&#8221; We do have a sense of humour, too. Check out this joke that demonstrates why sentence structure is so important. Oh, what a difference a word makes! The boss had to fire somebody, and he narrowed it down to one of two people: Betty or Jack. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sherrygrammarian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997587&amp;post=106&amp;subd=sherrygrammarian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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