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		<title>Lie vs. Lay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lie and lay. When searching the Web for an answer to the difference between these two verbs, you may be flailing through a nest of terms without ever comprehending the difference. The problem arises with knowing the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs, and that the two words bleed together in their spellings.
Most grammarians will go through the [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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>Set up vs. Setup</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to set up those speakers for a truly mag setup. You can&#8217;t have a truly mag setup until you set up those speakers.
This is similar to it&#8217;s and its because it&#8217;s so often misspelled and used improperly.
Set up &#8211; is a verb that denotes the act of putting something together
Setup &#8211; is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compliment vs. Complement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you compliment someone, you could be complementing his or her day. This is actually a hard one for me to remember and another one letter voyage to misunderstanding if it&#8217;s wrong.
Compliment &#8211; noun or verb &#8211; used for praise, courtesy, esteem, affection, admiration.
Complement &#8211; noun or verb - something that fills up, completes, or supplements
One way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eats, Shoots, and Leaves</title>
		<link>http://shawnshearer.com/trade-talk/eats-shoots-and-leaves/</link>
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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>Foul vs. Fowl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in a foul mood when I went for a walk. The fowl flew away when I approached its nest. That fowl had a foul smell when it passed by me. Suddenly, a foul ball hit the flying fowl when it flew over the baseball field. (It survived and flew out of sight. The fowl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternate vs. Alternative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you pick an alternate route, you have substituted one route for another. If you took an alternative route, you have chosen to travel on that route rather than another.
Alternate - one in a series, a substitute for something, occurring or succeeding in turns
Alternative &#8211; offering or expressing a choice, something that can be chosen
The difference is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tortuous vs. Torturous</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traversing this tortuous trail has sapped what energy I had left. My limbs and ankles have been under torturous strain for hours. When will the agony end? Where will this horrible twisting path lead to?
Tortuous &#8211; repeated twisting, turning, bending &#8211; or &#8211; crooked, devious, tricky
Torturous -  causing torture, agony, intense pain, extreme discomfort, painfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accept vs. Except</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You must accept that these words have to be spelled correctly or no one except you will understand what you&#8217;re talking about. If you do accept that the meanings are remarkably different then you will find your way to more exceptional writing.
Accept is to receive, to give approval, to recognize as true, to take on
Except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nauseous vs. Nauseated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This could be one of the greatest faux pas of our language. It has become so common to hear someone say they&#8217;re nauseous, it&#8217;s no wonder we&#8217;re so nauseated by people.
Nauseous &#8211; means to cause nausea or disgust.
Nauseate/d &#8211; means to be affected by stomach distress or disgust.
 Strunk explained this best and still makes me laugh. &#8220;Do not, therefore, [...]]]></description>
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