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		<title><![CDATA[Cue Up a Queue of Tricky Phrases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Verbs followed by prepositions can be tricky. Can you select the correct
verb in each phrase?

1. At dawn, the band's fans started to (cue up, queue up) for tickets.

2. The danger of infection (militates against, mitigates against)
extensive ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1094283</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/08/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let Us Now Pronounce Famous Men]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: What's the proper way to pronounce "Carnegie"? I am from Pittsburgh,
where the guy lived for many years and had a university named for him --
Carnegie Mellon. We pronounce it "kahr-NEG-ee" in these parts of the
woods. I hear newscasters and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1090507</link>
 
    <pubDate>Feb/01/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Our Kilter Back in Whack]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we say something is "out of kilter" or "out of whack"? Has
something ever been "<i> in </i> kilter" or "<i> in </i> whack"?

I first heard the term "out of kilter" as a kid while watching my father
build a basketball backboard and hoop next...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1050485</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jan/25/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do You Have 20/20 Revision?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you find 20 errors in the following account of the ongoing battle
over English usage?

<i> Commentators on English usage follow one of two general principals.
Prescriptivists believe English should adhere to a multitude of discreet
rules and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1041566</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jan/18/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Excited About Prepositions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some random dispatches from the word front ...

THEY'RE SO EXCITED!

A U.S. senator's website reports that the senator was "genuinely excited
to meet Jon Stewart." A headline says that golfer Michelle Wie is
"excited to start a dream job." A ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1035547</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jan/11/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2011: A Year When Cliches 'Went Missing'?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each January, I usually present my readers with a collection of terms
that were overused during the previous year. But guess what? Tired
expressions that had abounded in 2010 went missing in 2011.

This epic event was a real a-ha moment for me. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1028343</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jan/04/2012</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Using 'Dilemma' Presents a Dilemma]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have been taught that a dilemma is a choice between distasteful
alternatives. A dilemma is not to choose between a hot fudge sundae and
chocolate cake -- unless one is a diabetic. Has this "rule" been
subsumed by modern usage? -- John ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1023376</link>
 
    <pubDate>Dec/28/2011</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Not Your Grandfather's Christmas]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how certain Christmas classics might be rendered
using today's lingo? ...

Dear Editor:

I am 8 years old. Some of my friends are trying to throw Santa Claus
under the bus. Is Santa Claus, like, real? -- Virginia

Dear ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1017876</link>
 
    <pubDate>Dec/20/2011</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[And a Word Book in a Pear Tree]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joy to the "Word"! Several terrific new books about language have
arrived just in time for the holiday season.

If your bon mots turn into bon nots, check out "Word Hero" by Jay
Heinrichs (Three Rivers Press, $14). With wit and verve, Heinrichs ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-1011180</link>
 
    <pubDate>Dec/13/2011</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should 'Silver Bullet' Be Shot?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[More and more people are using the term "silver bullet" when they mean
"magic bullet," and Brad Conway of East Hampton, Conn., wants them to
stop it. "Perhaps there's been an outbreak of lycanthropy," he writes
slyly.

Magic bullets? Lycanthropy? ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-999881</link>
 
    <pubDate>Dec/06/2011</pubDate>
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