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<title><![CDATA[The Significance of Teaching Reading Skills in Schools to Counter Fake News]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=the-significance-of-teaching-reading-skills-in-schools-to-counter-fake-news</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Tips For Doing Well In Your GPS Test]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=tips-for-doing-well-in-your-gps-test</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 11:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A guide to doing well in your GPS (SPaG) test.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Importance of Fun in Learning: Why Learning Can and Should Be Enjoyable.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=the-importance-of-fun-in-learning-why-learning-can-and-should-be-enjoyable</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Learning should be fun, so raise attainment through entertainment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to deal with the impending roll out of Ai writing tools - a teacher’s guide.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=how-to-deal-with-the-impending-roll-out-of-ai-writing-tools-a-teachers-guide</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[How to deal with Ai in the English classroom.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ai - how will it affect teachers and writing in schools?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=ai-how-will-it-affect-teachers-and-writing-in-schools</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A blog article about Ai and how it will affect writing in schools.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Unlock the Secrets of Punctuation and Grammar: Improve Your Writing Skills"]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=unlock-the-secrets-of-punctuation-and-grammar-improve-your-writing-skills</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=writing-was-the-subject-worst-affected-by-covid</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[How to improve writing.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[So Much More Than Just Another Online Lesson...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=so-much-more-than-just-another-online-lesson</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Visits]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[There's more to the PunctuationShow's online offerings than '...just more Zoom']]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Describing Adjectives]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=describing-adjectives</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[An article about adjectives and describing words.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What is a Clause?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=what-is-a-clause</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[An explanation of what the different types of clauses are.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verbs - Let's Do It...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=verbs-lets-do-it</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Definitions and teaching ideas for verbs]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nouns]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=nouns</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Some ideas to help with the teaching of nouns]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Exclamation Marks]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=exclamation-marks</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Ideas on how to approach exclamation marks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Questioning Question Marks]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=questioning-question-marks</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A blog post about question marks and how to teach them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What is a Full Stop?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=what-is-a-full-stop</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[What is a full stop?  A definition of the punctuation mark and how to approach them in the classroom.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Autobiographical Writing]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=autobiographical-writing</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Some tips and ideas for approaching autobiographical writing in lessons.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Past Tense vs. Perfect Tense]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=past-tense-vs-perfect-tense</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Grammar In Detail]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Sentence issues caused by confusing the past tense and the perfect tense.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Impending Sentence Structure Crisis.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=the-impending-sentence-structure-crisis</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Improving sentence structure through better sentence openings can improve writing.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Commas!]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=commas</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A free PowerPoint to dA free PowerPoint to diagnose why your pupils aren't using commas correctly.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What I’ve Learned About Online Lessons.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=what-ive-learned-about-online-lessons</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Free Festive Cheer on Facebook Live!]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=free-festive-cheer-on-facebook-live</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[How Did I Get Out Of Teaching?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=how-did-i-get-out-of-teaching</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Guaranteed - if your pupils aren’t doing this, they aren’t achieving as well as they could be.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=guaranteed-if-your-pupils-arent-doing-this-they-arent-achieving-as-well-as-they-could-be</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Why editing, proof reading and self-assessment could be your best friend in raising attainment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zoom, MS Teams or Google Meet - which is best for your online classroom?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=zoom-ms-teams-or-google-meet-which-is-best-for-your-online-classroom</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A comparison of online classroom platforms - Google Meet, Zoom and MS Teams]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Covid-Safe Catch Up for Literacy, Punctuation and Grammar]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=covid-safe-catch-up-for-literacy-punctuation-and-grammar</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Catch up sessions for punctuation and grammar]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An interesting thing about verbs...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=an-interesting-thing-about-verbs</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 11:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Verbs in writing]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who doesn't love cartoons?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=who-doesnt-love-cartoons</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 10:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Using Cartoon Animator 4 in The Punctuation Show]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why I love Comic Life.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=why-i-love-comic-life</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 11:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[My guest appearance on the Plasq Blog ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hey! We don't JUST do punctuation.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=hey-we-dont-just-do-punctuation</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 13:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The sixth edition of The Punctuation Show on Facebook Live looked at nouns.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Commas and 'Insta']]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=commas-and-insta</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 10:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Punctuation Show is now on Instagram.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Speech Marks & Tik Tok]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=speech-marks-tik-tok</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Punctuation Show talking about Speech Marks and now on Tik Tok]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surely Not!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=surely-not</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 06:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Facebook Live show about exclamation marks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seconds Out With Semi-colons.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=seconds-out-with-semi-colons</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The second attempt at transferring The Punctuation Show to Facebook Live.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook Live - Brackets]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=facebook-live-brackets</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Punctuation Show on Facebook Live talking about brackets]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's on every week...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=its-on-every-week</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 06:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Facebook Live]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Facebook live is on every week with a free supporting comic.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Live...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=going-live</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Going Live on Facebook.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do you wish you could help your kids with their English?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=do-you-wish-you-could-help-your-kids-with-their-english</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Free Parents' Guide to Grammar.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Invent your own game!]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=invent-your-own-game</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A PowerPoint on writing Instructions]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A blast from the past again!]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=a-blast-from-the-past-again</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[How the site looked in 2014]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Drawing Cartoon Faces?]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=drawing-cartoon-faces</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A PowerPoint that relates cartoons to English as a tool for storytelling.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fact and Opinion.]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=fact-and-opinion</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Some PowerPoints to help understand the difference between fact and opinion.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Packaging to persuade...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=packaging-to-persuade</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A PowerPoint that goes encourages us to think about how the English language  can be used to persuade.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio SPAG]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=radio-spag</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Radio SPAG - The Subjunctive]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blast from the past...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=blast-from-the-past</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 08:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A poem based on the wonderful book by Julia Donaldson, about, possibly the world's most controversial Education Secretary.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grammar Aquarium]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=grammar-aquarium</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 08:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[The Grammar Aquarium Revision Website]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thank you...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=thank-you</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 08:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Visits]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks Moss Side Primary]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The first post...]]></title>
<link>https://www.thepunctuationshow.com/articles/?post=the-first-post</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 06:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrie]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
<description><![CDATA[A history of the website.]]></description>
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