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	May 2013:	The possessive form of people's names On paragraphs Metric units made easy?
	April 2013:	"We too" or "us too"? Brackets, braces and parentheses. Oh my! Quoting versus paraphrasing
	March 2013:	"Medicine" versus "medication" "A bunch is" versus "a bunch are" "If I were" versus "if I was"
	February 2013:	Hyphens and commas and numbers! Oh my! Hyphens are sometimes used in adjectives Commas are used between adjectives Numbers are sometimes written as words
	December 2012:	Can I start a sentence with "and" or "but"? Yes! Two new wonderful fonts — and they're both free "There were no" versus "there was no"
	November 2012:	More about using a comma before "and" "First, second, third" or "firstly, secondly, thirdly"? "Which" or "that"?
	October 2012:	"Provided" or "providing"? Using "the" with place names Do we need a comma before "and"?
	September 2012:	"Effect" versus "affect" "A historic" versus "an historic" "How many" versus "how much"
	August 2012:	The use of commas in lists Should we start a sentence with "however"? Should job titles always have initial capitals?
	July 2012:	"Its" versus "it's" How should we pronounce "the"? Punctuating the word "however"
	June 2012:	Four reasons why you should care about punctuation What's the past tense of "cc"? A free chapter from "Report Writing: Reports and Letters Made Easy"
	May 2012:	Apostrophes in dates: 1970's or 1970s? 'Empathic' or 'empathetic'? 'As if' or 'as though'?