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	<title>FirstEditing &#187; Writer&#8217;s Tips</title>
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		<title>Creating effective transitions in your writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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For writing to flow smoothly, effective transitions are a must. It does no good for you to have the most well-documented and perfectly researched paper if the reader can’t follow your logic because of ineffective transitions; likewise, writing the next great American novel is impossible without use of effective transitions.
But what exactly is a transition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to Use Commas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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There are many different rules for comma usage, and unlike some other sorts of punctuation (e.g. the question mark, the period), the rules can be rather fluid. Here is a short-ish breakdown of how to use commas, and when to use commas:

Use commas to separate items written in a series.

Example: The dog, the cat, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and examples for writing a thesis statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Although writing a thesis statement can be a challenging task, the following tips and examples will help you to achieve this goal much more easily.
The content of your thesis is usually determined by the kind of paper that you’re writing.  Theses can take a number of different forms and structures, but the three main types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a great academic paper?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Academic writing is a broad term that applies to all forms of communications at high academic level, including articles in peer reviewed journals, university and college papers as well as theses and dissertations. Despite a relatively broad spectrum of academic fields and versatility of publishing formats and media, academic writing conforms to some universal standards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to use a spell-checker?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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So, you’ve finished your novel or your dissertation, and you want to give it that final read-through and polish…and what better way to do so than by using the spell-check function of your word processing program?
But wait, before we discuss ways to get the most out of your spell-checker, let’s remember that there are various [...]]]></description>
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