Date:    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:42:35 +0000
<br>From:    Peter McGraw  pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LINFIELD.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Banning words in class
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<br>Ban "as"??  You mean like in:
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<br>"(censored) Good (censored) It Gets"
<br>"He stood (censored) if transfixed."
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<br>In my feeling, if "as" is banned, you have to substitute something
<br>else, e.g.:
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<br>"Like I said before..."
<br>"Like you know, we don't tolerate nonstandard usage in this class!"
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<br>Peter
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<br>On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 21:55:37 -0600 "Albert E. Krahn"
<br> krahna[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MILWAUKEE.TEC.WI.US  wrote:
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<br>  So "like" is banned. So what's new?
<br>  I ban words in class all the time, benevolent dictator that I am. The
<br>  words "opinion" (for its misuse as "feeling") and "as" (for its
<br>  ambiguity) are banned regularly. Also, students are issued one
<br>  exclamation point per semester, which they can use or not use, as they
<br>  wish. It cuts down on comic strip-style writing.
<br>  akra
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<br>Peter A. McGraw
<br>Linfield College
<br>McMinnville, Oregon
<br>pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]linfield.edu
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