ITunes copies some songs twice onto IPod for no apparent reason?

I've noticed that my IPod/Itunes sometimes copies songs twice into my IPod. I used to manually manage music, but I just changed to sync mode in hopes that it stops copying music twice. I just wanted to know if theres a way to fix it or if its unavoidable. Using Itunes 7.0.2 and have an 2g 8gb ipod nano.

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. In the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. Do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.

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