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		<title>Writing a thank-you note &#8211; 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/general/writing-a-thank-you-note-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occasions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thank-you notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to the point]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some specific instances where a thank-you note is a must. Do you know how to draft them? Read these simplified versions.
[1] Thank-You Note Following a Job Interview
(a) Write the note soon after the interview. Which means before the decision is made.
(b Say what you liked about the interview, the company, the position.
(c) Emphasize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a thank-you note &#8211; 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thank-you notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the name indicates, a thank-you note is a “note”, not a letter. A note is a brief communication. Thankfully, you don’t have to write more than a few words.
What should go into this note?
[1] The salutation: the “Dear so-and-so” or a simple greeting.
[2] Saying “thank you.”
[3] Identifying the gift or the service – more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is wrong with this?</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/what-is-wrong-with-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate short and long sentences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too many words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[write precisely]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a long time, I&#8217;ve decided to take up a specific question in writing. It&#8217;s about the length of a sentence.
Oh, yes, we know a sentence &#8211; not the ones awarded in a courtroom &#8211; can be just one word: &#8220;Stop!&#8221;
It could have two words and so on. But that is not the bug-bite here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jump into 2012 with a quiz!</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/jump-into-2012-with-a-quiz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.classof1.com/?p=2097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to start off the New Year with a quiz, that too on usage. 2011 was a great year for new words, new phrases, new expressions. Remember “We are the 99 percent”? “1 percent”? The 9-9-9 theory? Didn’t “occupy” acquire a whole new meaning?
So here is a usage quiz. Find out that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year-end quiz &#8211; Will the verbs ever agree?</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/year-end-quiz-will-the-verbs-ever-agree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar quiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subject-verb agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing without errors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.classof1.com/?p=2095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;Blog Fodder&#8221; file is getting larger. Why do writers (across the world) make so many errors in grammar and usage? Isn&#8217;t error-free writing important any more? Isn&#8217;t an eye for accuracy &#8211; for content and language &#8211; a part of the qualifications for being a writer? Is sloppy writing ok?
Find your own answer. Meanwhile, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I end a sentence with a preposition?</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/can-i-end-a-sentence-with-a-preposition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home-work Help for School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home-work Help for Under-graduates / Graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Fowler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sentence correction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The answer is the same: You can and you may.
My grandpa, who was a writer – he wrote on healthcare – occasionally placed a period after a last-word preposition. No one threw his sentences out.
Yet, teachers of English talk as if it’s an unpardonable sin. No, they say. A preposition is not a word you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you begin a sentence with &#8220;and&#8221;/&#8221;but&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/can-you-begin-a-sentence-with-andbut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/can-you-begin-a-sentence-with-andbut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home-work Help for Under-graduates / Graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Let's Talk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can and you may.
Some of you asked if it is ok to begin a sentence with “and” or “but” – two connecting words. You told me your teachers insisted that they couldn’t be used at the beginning of the sentence. Did they tell you why?
Let me tell you as politely as I can, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you getting your words right? Quiz</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/are-you-getting-your-words-right-quiz/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/are-you-getting-your-words-right-quiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malapropism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shakespeare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Using the right words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malapropism in literature is a type of humor when a character uses a wrong, but similar word. For example, in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the nurse says the word &#8220;confidence&#8221; when she really means conference, and &#8220;indite&#8221; instead of invite. The question remains, what was this type of humor called in Shakespeare&#8217;s time?
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whether we weather the storm or not is up to us!</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/grammar-101/whether-we-weather-the-storm-or-not-is-up-to-us/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.classof1.com/grammar-101/whether-we-weather-the-storm-or-not-is-up-to-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which one is right?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wether]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whether]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing without errors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keep aside “Weather” (the thing that keeps changing outside your window every day) and “Whether” (that question mark on your mind when you have options).
Did you know there is a “Wether”?
My MS Windows XP Spellchecker doesn’t even recognize the word. But yes, there is a “Wether” and it means [a] a male sheep or ram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In a while, crocodile&#8230; Quiz</title>
		<link>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/in-a-while-crocodile-quiz/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.classof1.com/good-writing/in-a-while-crocodile-quiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geeta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiz Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Which one is right?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a while]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awhile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correct usage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grmmar errors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A reader asks: Are “awhile” and “a while” the same? When you split it into two words, is it just a typo error?
No. It is not a type error. These two perform different functions. They are used differently, though their meaning could be the same.
“Awhile” is an adverb. Which means it says something more about [...]]]></description>
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