HT1386 duplicate songs on itouch but not in itunes

Websearch has ways of deleting duplicate songs from my itouch but it does not appear to reflect the new itunes 11.0.1.12, why is the userfriendly interface causing such problems with my content?  I thought it would just automatically sync and keep everthing up to date not create half the usable memory...   The itunes help did not appear to cover this topic either.  What am I doing wrong?

A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.
If the above is not the issue, try this also. Highlight all the songs for that artist, right click on them and select "apply sort field/same artist".
That often works.

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