Date:    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:37:25 -0500
<br>From:    Larry Horn  laurence.horn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Banning words in class
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<br>At 10:42 AM +0000 3/25/98, Peter McGraw wrote:
<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>Not to mention the immortal Shakespearean comedy, "Like You Like It"
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<br>Larry
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