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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Queue here]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>More relating loosely with my original post: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUrDUxh5xS0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUrDUxh5xS0</a></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><blockquote><p>Some would claim that these days that sentence is fine</p></blockquote></div><p>I believe Fowler considers it acceptable now that &quot;his&quot; is no longer considered by some to include both males and females. But it would be better rewritten using &quot;Authors&quot; or &quot;Writers&quot; instead of &quot;Everyone&quot;, or perhaps use the genderless &quot;One&quot;, such as &quot;One&nbsp; should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in one&#039;s writing.&quot;</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>jackneve wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>36. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.</p></blockquote></div><p>Some would claim that these days that sentence is fine, as using the singular &#039;they&#039; to avoid presuming that only males have any standing in the world.</p><p>Perhaps the following sums up what NOT to do.</p><p>Everyone should be careful to avoid a male-oriented attitude in his writing. WRONG TO USE &#039;his&#039;</p><p>Would &#039;its&#039; be correct? Is &#039;Everyone&#039; grammatically neuter or what? </p><p>William</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>jackneve wrote:</cite><blockquote><p><strong><em>Tips to improve your writing</em></strong></p></blockquote></div><p>Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.<br />Don’t use commas, that, are not, necessary.<br />Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.<br />It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.<br />Avoid archæic spellings too.<br />Don’t repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.<br />Don’t use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.<br />Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed.<br />Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.<br />Eschew obfuscation.<br />No sentence fragments.<br />Don’t indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.<br />And always be sure to finish what</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>GB, I really wish you hadn&#039;t given that link.&nbsp; One needs a week to explore the lush landscape of the topic website.</p><p>Thanks, anyway for a most interesting link result.</p><p>In the course of exploring the field, I came across the quoted list. It&#039;s a bit long, and slightly off topic - a study of Q can eventually pall after reading&nbsp; dozens of comments!</p><p><strong>From AHA! Jokes:&nbsp; </strong><a href="http://%20http://www.AhaJokes.com/"> http://www.AhaJokes.com/</a></p><p><strong>Tips to improve your writing</strong></p><p>1. Avoid alliteration. Always.<br />2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.<br />3. Employ the vernacular.<br />4. Eschew ampersands &amp; abbreviations, etc.<br />5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.<br />6. Remember to never split an infinitive.<br />7. Contractions aren&#039;t necessary.<br />8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.<br />9. One should never generalize.<br />10. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, &quot;I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.&quot;<br />11. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.<br />12. Don&#039;t be redundant; don&#039;t use more words than necessary; it&#039;s highly superfluous.<br />13. Be more or less specific.<br />14. Understatement is always best.<br />15. One-word sentences? Eliminate.<br />16. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.<br />17. The passive voice is to be avoided.<br />18. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.<br />19. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.<br />20. Who needs rhetorical questions?<br />21. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.<br />22. Don&#039;t never use a double negation.<br />23. capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with point<br />24. Do not put statements in the negative form.<br />25. Verbs have to agree with their subjects.<br />26. Proofread carefully to see if you words out.<br />27. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.<br />28. A writer must not shift your point of view.<br />29. And don&#039;t start a sentence with a conjunction. (Remember, too, a preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.)<br />30. Don&#039;t overuse exclamation marks!!<br />31. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.<br />32. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.<br />33. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.<br />34. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.<br />35. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.<br />36. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.<br />37. Always pick on the correct idiom.<br />38. The adverb always follows the verb.<br />39. Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; They&#039;re old hat; seek viable alternatives.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Geoff. I wonder why the author of that answer deleted the longer answer that he linked to. <span class="postimg"><img src="https://punster.me/images/sad.gif" alt="https://punster.me/images/sad.gif" /></span></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 06:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>I often get e-mails from Quora about English. Mostly they are rubbish so get deleted pronto, But occasinally there is something of interest, like this about the letter Q. <a href="https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-purpose-of-the-letter-Q">https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-purpo … e-letter-Q</a></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 21:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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