Nitpicking

By Unteachable - 08/02/2017 06:00 - United States

Today, as a high school English teacher, I had to read submissions for a writing contest. The entries were filled with words like "irregardless", "could of", "acrost", and "ain't". These papers were supposedly written by the best students in the school. FML
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Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
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tj4234 35

America has had a terrible education system for decades. It's not a new thing. If anything, it was improved under Obama.

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stormy0307 16

I had one that demanded you write (sic) behind every quote. You only use (sic) after a quote or word if they used improper grammar and it's letting the reader know that improper phrase is exactly what the person said.

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Summaria 10

As a non-native English speaker a serious question: What's wrong with "ain't"? I thought it was a genuine word...?

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MidnaLink 33

Ain't is a badly used way of saying "am not".

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sadistmonkey 19

It's not bad usage, it's merely colloquial usage. It might not be wise to use it in standard written English because it's the wrong register for that unless you are quoting a character, but it's not "bad".

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jcash52426 5

Maybe they just don't have a very good English teacher

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Tb2806 3

He used improper grammar and quotations for emphasis in the post here, so yes, I think it's probably the teacher.

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Khnz0052 5

It's not the students fault if their teachers can't teach them properly.

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Zehir_fml 10

I can top this. I am a Creative Writing major and I have seen a story by a senior that did not know the difference between its and it's or to and too.

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xx000o 27

I don't not see nuthin wrong with them their words.

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icemand90 17

acadamy of ridiculously good looking kids who want to learn gooder?

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richay117 6

I feel that "ain't" is colloquial, if it is used in dialogue.

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richay117 6

I feel that "ain't" is colloquial, if it is used in dialogue.

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