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		<title>How Language Arts Teachers Will Save Democracy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democracy literally means rule by the people. Yet in practice, democracy means that the important decisions within a society are made through public discussions, often among elected representatives. To play a productive role in political discussions, you need a set of skills that do not come naturally, which is why they have traditionally been taught &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2016/11/20/how-language-arts-teachers-will-save-democracy/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "How Language Arts Teachers Will Save Democracy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Grammar As a Marker of Social Class</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this clip from the musical My Fair Lady, Professor Henry Higgins asks, “Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” Many well-meaning people oppose the teaching of grammar to children because they are afraid of reinforcing this kind of social prejudice: Personally, I couldn’t care less whether people drop their aitches. Nor &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/04/03/grammar-as-a-marker-of-social-class/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Grammar As a Marker of Social Class"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Does “Therefore” Mean?</title>
		<link>http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/30/what-does-therefore-mean/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently, I wrote something that was copyedited by a poorly trained editor. She caught a few typos, for which I was grateful. However, she introduced more errors than she fixed. The most infuriating thing she did was to add the word therefore inappropriately in several places. If I had more than three statements in a &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/30/what-does-therefore-mean/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "What Does “Therefore” Mean?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Once You’ve Mastered Grammar, You Can Start Studying Logic</title>
		<link>http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/06/once-youve-mastered-grammar-you-can-start-studying-logic/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Logic is the study of arguments. By arguments, I don’t mean bickering. The word argument came from the Latin word argumentum, which meant evidence. An argument was originally the evidence you used to prove or disprove something. Logic is the study of how to use evidence to prove or disprove conclusions. Before you can study &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/06/once-youve-mastered-grammar-you-can-start-studying-logic/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Once You’ve Mastered Grammar, You Can Start Studying Logic"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Brush Up Your Grammar</title>
		<link>http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/05/brush-up-your-grammar/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, has made an excellent Guide to Grammar and Writing available over the Internet: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm. When I had to train copyeditors and proofreaders, I would have them spend their first few days on the job reading the material on this site and taking all the quizzes. If you were never &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/05/brush-up-your-grammar/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "How to Brush Up Your Grammar"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why American Political Discussions Are Ugly and Pointless</title>
		<link>http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/01/why-american-political-discussions-are-ugly-and-pointless/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most people in the United States were taught that it is impolite to talk about politics, religion, money, or sex in public. As a result, we don’t know how to talk politely about politics. Furthermore, most of our political discussions turn out to be impolite discussions about religion, money, or sex.&#160;After having listened to these &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/01/why-american-political-discussions-are-ugly-and-pointless/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Why American Political Discussions Are Ugly and Pointless"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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