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      <title>Episode 55: Comma Chameleon</title>
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      <title>Episode 54: An Ounce of Prevention</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Which is correct, preventative or preventive? Author and linguist Michael Quinion joins us again to help sort out the mess.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:14:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Episode 53: How Soon is Now?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Does the word "presently" mean right now &mdash; or soon?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:54:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:28:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Episode 52: Anyway You Want It</title>
      <description><![CDATA[We're taking a look at "anyway" &mdash; a transitional phrase that really grates on some people's nerves when an "s" is added to it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:39:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Episode 51: Pesky Plurals</title>
      <description><![CDATA[No other part of speech causes as much confusion &mdash; and demonstrates the continuous evolution of the English language &mdash; quite like plural nouns. Today we'll try to clear up some misunderstandings about some plural nouns that tend to give writers trouble.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:35:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:41:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Episode 50: A Purposeful Debate</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A listener from Massachusetts asks us to examine the words purposely and purposefully.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:24:11 -0400</pubDate>
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