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	<title>Shearer Content Services &#187; Punctuation</title>
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		<title>E.G. vs. I.E.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one isn&#8217;t as tricky as it seems, though most people opt for i.e., when they really mean e.g. The problem here is that most of us have either forgotten or never knew the Latin words these abbreviations stand for. So, here&#8217;s a simple way to remember which one to use and their Latin meanings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Serial Comma or Not to Serial Comma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a confusing element for a whole lot of people. Most content I see (like 90%) gets this wrong. I&#8217;m not sure why, because it&#8217;s really much easier to understand when you use it. But, most people just don&#8217;t want to put that comma in before the conjunction. 
The Chicago Manual of Style, with just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eats, Shoots, and Leaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading Lynne Truss’s book, “Eats, Shoots, and Leaves”, I had to comment about errors I see all too often as I bounce from page to page on the Web for my work. Very few Web content writers take the time to make sure their copy is clean. As professionals, we are expected to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parentheses &#8211; Period (or Stop) Inside Or Out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a friend ask me to explain this once and for all. Where does the blasted period go? Quite simply, put the period on the outside if it isn&#8217;t a complete sentence. Put it on the inside if the complete sentence is surrounded by the parentheses.
For example:
Outside - Johnny went down to play ball [...]]]></description>
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