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	<title>Workflow: Writing&#187; By PHILIP B. CORBETT</title>
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	<description>The Information Writers Need, Where They Can Find It</description>
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		<title>Words We Love Too Much</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm reluctant to carp when we use a somewhat out-of-the-ordinary word. Sometimes it's the perfect choice, and many readers appreciate that The Times offers intelligent prose that isn't watered down.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Allusions We Love Too Much</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the harried headline writer, certain tried-and-true devices can seem almost irresistible.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Those Tricky Vowels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spelled the word "indispensable" correctly 161 times in the last year. Unfortunately, we spelled it incorrectly, as "indispensible," 17 times, an error rate of nearly 10 percent.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mangled Shakespeare</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves to quote Shakespeare. "To be or not to be" may be the weariest of clichés, but no one will give it the rest it has earned.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble With &#8216;Like&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/651023/the-trouble-with-like-2.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to misuse "like," and we do so, repeatedly.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Danglers Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a year-end sampling of one of our most common grammatical errors. Remember that when a participle construction, appositive or other modifying phrase starts a sentence, the person or thing being described should generally come directly after the modifying phrase.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Spell-Check Can&#8217;t Help</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/649647/when-spell-check-cant-help-10.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AfterDeadlineThis is a well-worn topic in After Deadline. But it never takes long to refill the file of sound-alike mix-ups. Here are a few of the latest examples - add them to your checklist.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Translation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We make a lot of mistakes in English - but then, we publish a lot of words in English.We publish far fewer words in French, Latin and other foreign languages. Good thing, too, because our error rate when we venture&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Millions and Billions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We never say "one" if we really mean "a thousand." So why, oh why do we so often say "million" when we mean "billion"? The magnitude of the error is the same - we're off not by one consonant, but&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Slang Patrol</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enlivening otherwise dry or somber topics, from Wall Street to Pakistan, is an admirable goal. But tossing in slang or colloquial expressions, a faddish buzzword or some hip lingo from a bygone era is seldom the best solution. Many colloquialisms&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Tangled Passages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times readers are sophisticated and don't expect "Run, Spot, run" syntax. But news is read in a hurry, and we should strive for clear, sharp prose that aids rapid comprehension. Long, complex sentences slow readers down and can lead our&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/645141/bright-passages-11.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest subjective sampling of sparkling prose from recent pages. Read 'em and weep, or laugh, or cheer.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Phrases Gone Astray</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/644303/phrases-gone-astray-3.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharp-eyed readers found some new cases where a modifying phrase comes at the wrong point in a sentence, potentially leading to momentary confusion or unintended comedy.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Names Wrong</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/643445/getting-names-wrong-2.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting people's names right is one of the most basic tasks of reporting and editing. Of course, it's not as easy as it may seem to outsiders - scores of stories, hundreds or thousands of names, every day, all day&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Spell-Check Can&#8217;t Help</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/642536/when-spell-check-cant-help-9.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been only six weeks or so since our last installment of sound-alike mix-ups, but the file is already starting to fill up again. Here's the latest batch - all repeat offenses - including one in a headline.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Awhile and a While</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Awhile" is an adverb. It modifies a verb and means "for a short time": He chatted awhile and then left. "Awhile" should not be used as the object of a preposition, so constructions like "for awhile" or "in awhile" are&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/640959/bright-passages-10.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another small sampling of sparkling prose from recent editions.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Number Trouble</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/640002/number-trouble-3.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many dismayed readers would attest, agreement problems are probably our most common grammatical fault - subject and verb, subject and predicate noun, pronoun and antecedent.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Reader&#8217;s Lament</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/639087/the-readers-lament.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times readers expect nothing but the best in our writing and editing. Too often, they're disappointed. My colleague Patrick LaForge, who oversees our copy desks, described their dismay and offered some suggestions in this memo to editors:&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Whoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who or whom? It should be easy. Use "who" for the subject in a relative clause, "whom" for a direct object or object of a preposition. And yet, problems arise constantly.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Dangler Zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September is shaping up as a refresher course in some of our most popular lapses. Last week, homophone mix-ups. This week, the dreaded dangler. And next week - will it be who/whom problems or subject-verb agreement? Stay tuned.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Spell-Check Can&#8217;t Help</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/636228/when-spell-check-cant-help-8.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few new problems involving words that sound alike, or nearly so.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As has been explained ad nauseum, the threat of defense cuts is supposed to give the Republicans an incentive to play fair with the Democrats in the negotiations.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/631680/bright-passages-9.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's another small and subjective sampling of deft phrases, sharp images and other sparkling prose from the past few weeks. Nominations are always welcome.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>More Fancy Words</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/630858/more-fancy-words.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/630858/more-fancy-words.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that Times writers don't feel the need to use the words panegyric, immiscible or Manichaean very often. That's fortunate because the bad news is, when we do use them, a lot of readers don't know what&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Eponymous Sources</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/630045/eponymous-sources.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/630045/eponymous-sources.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My regular diatribes notwithstanding, misuse of the adjective "eponymous" is so widespread, in The Times and elsewhere, that continued resistance may be futile.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A Plague of Danglers</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/628971/a-plague-of-danglers.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/628971/a-plague-of-danglers.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem comes in many guises, but the basic formula is familiar. When a modifying phrase precedes the main clause of a sentence, the person or thing being described should come right after that phrase.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Commas? Sure, Throw a Few In</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/628161/commas-sure-throw-a-few-in.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/628161/commas-sure-throw-a-few-in.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AfterDeadlineCommas are small things, easily overlooked in writing, editing and proofing. But nothing makes an otherwise well-wrought sentence look amateurish as quickly as a comma that appears where it has no business, or the lack of one where it's needed.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Subject, Meet Verb</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/627406/subject-meet-verb-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/627406/subject-meet-verb-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every couple of months I find myself writing a new admonition about subject-verb agreement. The rules of grammar haven't changed since the last time, nor have the typical causes of our agreement problems.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Parallel Problems</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/626656/parallel-problems-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/626656/parallel-problems-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After Deadline: We stumble repeatedly over the syntax of either/or and neither/nor constructions, which shouldn't really be such a challenge.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/625213/bright-passages-8.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/625213/bright-passages-8.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's another small and subjective sampling of sparkling prose from recent editions. Nominations are always welcome.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Spell Check Can&#8217;t Help</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/615424/when-spell-check-cant-help-7.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/615424/when-spell-check-cant-help-7.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In most cases, we simply chose the wrong one from a pair of words that sound alike but have completely different meanings. The last example may suggest a misunderstanding of the nuances of similar words.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>More Words We Love Too Much</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/598078/more-words-we-love-too-much.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/598078/more-words-we-love-too-much.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A critique of grammar, style and usage in The Times. This week: riffing on a narrative.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Phrases We Love Too Much</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/580961/phrases-we-love-too-much-3.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/580961/phrases-we-love-too-much-3.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 2008 New York Times review of a Charles Gibson interview with Sarah Palin took a poke at pretentiousness in journalism:   his attitude was at times supercilious: He asked if a nuclear Iran posed an "existential threat" to Israel, as&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Tangled Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/564944/tangled-passages-3.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/564944/tangled-passages-3.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time for the latest in a series of reminders about long, overstuffed, convoluted, hard-to-read sentences. We don't want to dumb down our prose, but we should keep in mind that readers are rushed and surrounded by distractions. They want clear,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Names Wrong</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/548426/getting-names-wrong.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/548426/getting-names-wrong.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a sadly familiar lament. Consider a week's worth of examples from our corrections:&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/531569/bright-passages-7.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/531569/bright-passages-7.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a counterpoint to my weekly carping, here's my latest small sampling of sparkling prose from recent editions. (Feel free to use the comments section to point out your own recent favorites.)&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Phrases Gone Astray</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/514756/phrases-gone-astray-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/514756/phrases-gone-astray-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I've discussed before the problem of misplaced phrases, which can be awkward, confusing or even misleading. In two recent cases, a carelessly placed phrase or clause really was a matter of life and death. Readers took note:&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Words We Love Too Much</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/497111/words-we-love-too-much-3.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/497111/words-we-love-too-much-3.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who flicked on the "kerfuffle" switch?A colleague sensed a recent spike in use of this rather precious word - meaning "uproar, fuss" - and he's right. We've used it 13 times already this year, including one double-kerfuffle day on March&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Spell-Check Can&#8217;t Help</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/478897/when-spell-check-cant-help-6.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/478897/when-spell-check-cant-help-6.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=6021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["It seems that if you dress up too much, you run the risk of not being taken seriously," said Erica Zidel, a Seattle-based Web entrepreneur who attended Harvard around the same time as Mr. Zuckerberg. "There is an unspoken rule&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Dashes Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/460729/dashes-everywhere.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/460729/dashes-everywhere.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I've noted before the risks of missteps, confusion or awkwardness in the use of dashes. Even if the dashes are correct and the syntax intact, we should avoid overdoing the device. It can seem like a tic; worse yet, it&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/441149/bright-passages-6.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/441149/bright-passages-6.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few new entries from my file of deft phrases, sharp images and sparkling sentences. (Feel free to share your own nominations in the comments below.)&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest in Style</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/421148/the-latest-in-style.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/421148/the-latest-in-style.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>My colleague Patrick LaForge described some revisions of The Times's in-house stylebook in recent months:</em>

One broad category of changes was the deletion of some aging or outdated technical terms: CD-ROM, floppy disk, Dictaphone, Usenet, newsgroups, VHS, CAD-CAM and I.S.D.N.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Grammar Gaffes</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/382105/favorite-grammar-gaffes.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/382105/favorite-grammar-gaffes.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No doubt it's dreary for colleagues to hear me carping on the same grammatical mistakes over and over. Drearier still for readers to keep seeing them.

And even worse to see a lineup of our most common lapses, one after&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer vs. Less</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/363066/fewer-vs-less.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/363066/fewer-vs-less.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The basic rule for precise use of "less" and "fewer" is simple (though we slip often). Use "fewer" with countable, individual things, and "less" with uncountable amounts, volumes, etc. So: "I should drink less coffee," but "I should eat fewer&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Phrases Gone Astray</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/343449/phrases-gone-astray.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/343449/phrases-gone-astray.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Location is crucial, in syntax as in real estate. Carelessly placed phrases and clauses can lead to a momentary stumble or real confusion.

The challenge for writers and editors is to imagine coming to the story cold, as the reader&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Phrases We Love Too Much</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/324530/phrases-we-love-too-much-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/324530/phrases-we-love-too-much-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost two years ago, my colleague Adam Bryant noted in After Deadline our fondness for the "he/she is not alone" device. As Adam said, it's a popular and all-too-easy way to jump from a specific anecdote or example to the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Passages</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/304131/bright-passages-5.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/304131/bright-passages-5.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An overdue sampling of sparkling prose from recent editions. (Feel free to cite your own favorites in the comments section.)&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Repeat Offenses</title>
		<link>http://workflowWriting.com/284937/repeat-offenses.php</link>
		<comments>http://workflowWriting.com/284937/repeat-offenses.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=5727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Q.</strong>: What do Alberto R. Gonzalez, Warren E. Buffet and Danielle Steele have in common?
<strong>A.</strong>: That's not how they spell their names. 

But you'd be hard-pressed to know that from reading The Times.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Whoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By PHILIP B. CORBETT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For All Writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I spotted two examples in one day of a hypercorrective "whom" - that is, "whom" used mistakenly in a relative clause where good old "who" was called for. Sometimes writers or editors, wary of using a colloquial "who" when formal&#8230;]]></description>
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