03 Feb 07
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomI'm an elementary teacher whose BA is in Writing. Feel free to believe her, and of course follow her directions while she's your teacher, but understand that her view is not the view that's accepted anywhere outside her classroom.
my 10th grade pre-advanced english teacher. youre an elementary teacher i believe her
03 Feb 07
http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/market/training/power/develop.html
if you scroll down it will say do not use contractions, but like all other rules it explains that there are exceptions; if it has a certain affect that sounds right then you can break the rule like all other writing rules.
03 Feb 07
Originally posted by reader1107it is the view of the SAT and TAKS, which are the two biggest tests in texas for highschoolers. (i am in texas and in highschool) so yes i do need to use that principle outside of her classroom
I'm an elementary teacher whose BA is in Writing. Feel free to believe her, and of course follow her directions while she's your teacher, but understand that her view is not the view that's accepted anywhere outside her classroom.
03 Feb 07
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomyou're
http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/market/training/power/develop.html
if you scroll down it will say do not use contractions, but like all other rules it explains that there are exceptions; if it has a certain affect that sounds right then you can break the rule like all other writing rules.
don't
there's
don't (again)
doesn't
don't
you're
we've
doesn't
you've
don't
needn't
shouldn't
don't
you've
isn't
That's an awful lot of contractions on the one page you gave; it doesn't seem to back up your statement at all.
This is what it says about contractions, and it doesn't mention that not using them is a "rule" at all:
Use Contractions
Your English teacher may have told you that contractions don't belong in good writing. But, just like anything else related to writing and design, contractions used in moderation can accomplish an important purpose.
Remember that successful newsletters reflect the editors' personalities. Few editors converse without contractions, but most turn a spoken "won't" into a written "will not." The two-word version sounds slightly more formal, thus more distant and less personal. You needn't pepper your prose with contractions; but you shouldn't avoid one where it sounds right.
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It's obviously bed time.
03 Feb 07
Originally posted by reader1107it is IMPLYING that using them is wrong, it is a skill in writing, i thought you knew that. sometimes you dont TELL the reader something, they are supposed to be smart enough to know these things.
Your English teacher may have told you that contractions don't belong in good writing. But, just like anything else related to writing and design, contractions used in moderation can accomplish an important purpose.
Remember that successful newsletters reflect the editors' personalities. Few editors converse without contractions, but most turn a spoken ...[text shortened]... where it sounds right.
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It's obviously bed time.
03 Feb 07
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomIf you ever get to college, you'll learn that they weren't.
the advanced classes are the college courses, they are not available in 10th grade. next year i will be in the college classes, which is the advanced.
Edit: if idk wtf im talking about i will say it ok