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		<title>i Am a Nerd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find grammar, punctuation, semantics, etc. to be quite interesting and tend to obsess over certain rules or peculiarities. In addition to my constant battle against incorrectly dangling prepositions, I am currently focused on each versus both, using ellipses (…) instead of three periods (...) and proper choice of hyphens and dashes. I mention this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find grammar, punctuation, semantics, etc. to be quite interesting and tend to <a href="http://drewd.com/2007/10/01/adverbs-cannot-be-plural">obsess</a> over certain rules or peculiarities. In addition to my constant battle against <em>incorrectly</em> dangling prepositions, I am currently focused on each versus both, using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis">ellipses</a> (…) instead of three periods (...) and proper choice of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash">hyphens and dashes</a>.</p>
<p>I mention this interest because of a short but informative article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03wwln-guestsafire-t.html">the capitalization of the word "I"</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>i suggest that You try, as an experiment, to capitalize those whom You address while leaving yourselves in the lowercase. It may be a humbling experience. It was for me.</p></blockquote>
<p>Incidentally, does anyone understand the header graphic for the article? </p>
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		<title>Adverbs Cannot Be Plural</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Anyways" is not a word and I am striving to strike this colloquialism from my speech. "Anyway" is an adverb meaning "anyhow" or "in any case." This attempt takes the same form as that of avoiding sentences ending with a preposition and correct usage of "who" and "whom." When I commit an error in speech [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anyways" target="_blank">Anyways</a>" is <a href="http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/UsAnyway.html" target="_blank">not a word</a> and I am striving to strike this colloquialism from my speech. "Anyway" is an adverb meaning "anyhow" or "in any case."</p>
<p>This attempt takes the same form as that of avoiding sentences ending with a preposition and correct usage of "who" and "whom." When I commit an error in speech or writing, I correct myself externally, highlighting the error to whomever I am conversing. After sufficient repetition of this behavior, I correct the error internally before I make it and, then, externally speak or write correctly.</p>
<p>Feel free to call me out on any grammatical or semantic errors in my writing on <a href="http://drewd.com" title="Carlos Drew d'Avis Blog">drewd</a>.</p>
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