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2630298 No.2630298 [Reply] [Original]

seriously, why don't teachers want you using it's, they're, can't, there's, etc?

>> No.2630303

It's informal.

>> No.2630307

>>2630298

I'm a teacher and I wouldn't give two shits. Oh, did you mean in formal writing? Yeah, don't do that. It starts you out on considering your word choice in a situation where word choice matters. Contractions aren't a staple of formal writing due to the general conventions of English.

>> No.2630311

>>2630307
What do you mean you don't give two shits; however, you asked if it was for formal writing? Isn't all writing formal for school?

>> No.2630325

>>2630311

Most writing is formal for school. Speech certainly isn't these days. If someone is writing an essay or a speech, contractions are out. If someone is writing fiction or a journal entry, anything (within reason) goes.

>> No.2630333

>>2630325
thanks, my dude

>> No.2630359

>>2630333

No worries.