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		<title>Discovering the Americas</title>
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So I&#8217;m back. Not that I haven&#8217;t been editing, just too close to deadline to cobble together a style guide. Here&#8217;s the newest one:

The word discover: Chicago 7.57 says key terms in a  particular context are often italicized on their first occurrence. Thereafter, they are best set in roman.
Natives, Native Americans, Indians, Amerindians, etc: Chicago [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2009/02/discovering-the-americas/</link>
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		<title>MLA Style Guide Posts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Woo hoo! I&#8217;m back. Not that I haven&#8217;t been editing between my last posting and now. It&#8217;s just that the deadlines have been tighter, thus preventing me from typing up my style sheets. But, never fear, I have three papers that need my attention before this Friday. Here we go&#8230;

Nineteenth century: MLA format requires that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2008/02/mla-style-guide-posts/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Unnecessary&#8221; Quotation Marks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, you know you&#8217;re a grammar nerd if this makes you giggle. Needless to say, I absolutely loved it.
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		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2007/10/unnecessary-quotation-marks/</link>
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		<title>APA Style Guide Posts</title>
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So I&#8217;m spending yet another summer Saturday indoors editing. Here&#8217;s the APA style guide for a much more technical, scientific paper&#8230;

Introduction: The introduction section of a paper does not include a heading labeling it the introduction (3.30).
One&#8217;s vs. an Individual&#8217;s: Throughout the paper, the authors use &#8220;one&#8217;s&#8221; and &#8220;an individual&#8217;s&#8221; interchangeably. I standardized this to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2007/07/apa-style-guide-posts/</link>
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		<title>The Chicago Notes Strike Back&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m on chapter 3. Since putting the style guide online worked so well last time, I thought I&#8217;d do it again.
General Usage Issues:

Not only&#8230;but also: Chicago 6.41 states that it depends largely on whether pauses are intended. (I tend to overuse this rule and try to place commas everywhere. They come in pairs—either two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2007/06/the-chicago-notes-strike-back/</link>
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		<title>General Help with Chicago Footnotes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simple answers on how to write a paper with footnotes in Chicago's 15th style. Includes brief discussions on how I reached my editorial decisions as well as a few brief grammar tips.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2007/06/general-help-with-chicago-footnotes/</link>
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		<title>Visionary Wisdom on Revisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last few days at work have been&#8230;well&#8230;suffice it to say I&#8217;ve needed to vent a lot. One of my clients has requested revisions on a design I am particularly proud of. Worse, the requested revisions, in my opinion, make the overall product much less compelling than it was in my original. Now, normally I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2007/05/visionary-wisdom-on-revisions/</link>
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		<title>Language questions? Just ask the OWL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t say enough about Purdue University&#8217;s Online Writing Lab (OWL). Quite frankly, if CommaTrauma can&#8217;t answer your questions, go ask the OWL. I have yet to find a website that is as thorough, as accessible, and as accurate.
Citations: Can&#8217;t find how to cite websites in MLA? Ask the OWL. Need to know the APA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2007/01/language-questions-just-ask-the-owl/</link>
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		<title>So now I&#8217;ve got a phobia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve realized something. In creating a site based around editing, usage, and punctuation—where I intend to post both editing tips and rants—I&#8217;ve had to be more particular about how I write. I realize that, eventually, the day will come where I will incorrectly use a word or commit a typographical error.
If it&#8217;s a typo, be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2006/12/still-just-testing-this-out/</link>
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		<title>Errors and Elbows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really, the credit for this blog should go directly to the folks at Fiddler&#8217;s Elbow.
Let me explain. A few weeks ago my coworkers and I went to Fiddler&#8217;s Elbow on our lunch break. As we drove into the back parking lot, I quickly became irritated by a row of crimson banners supporting the University of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.commatrauma.com/2006/12/hello-world/</link>
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