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#but I'm gonna read through my report and delete all contractions
zoueriemandzijnopmars
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WHY would they teach me how to make proper contractions in English in secondary school when in university I get told that I shouldn't use them in formal writing??!??
#part time studyblr
#english
#this bugs me
#because it's so natural and also books use them all the time
#but all style guides are like: NO
#BUT FOR REAL WHO SAYS SHOULD NOT instead of shouln't
#shouldn't*
#okay no but like the thing is for me contractions are like one of the main defining features of English and then I CAN'T USE THEM???
#that's the part that bugs me
#because Dutch does barely have contractions
#I don't think I've encountered them in Swedish or French or German
#(Dutch contractions occur in the form of 's morgens
#which comes from des morgens but that's a case thing and we don't use that anymore and I think that's the only kind of contraction we use)
#but in English they are EVERYWHERE
#and then some people on the internet will go like:
#THaT iS NOt FOrmAl!! YoU Can NOT UsE tHEm!
#like read that sentence it feels unnatural
#anyway so I have strong opinions on this and I think it's a dumb rule
#but I'm gonna read through my report and delete all contractions
#like I get why I shouldn't use gonna in my reports like that is informal
#but contractions?? that's just how English works
#anyway
#ACTUALLY I'm not done
#(you need to know this is 5 minutes later)
#but couldn't and could not also have like a different meaning in my head? Very subtle but the emphasis is different and just removing the
#contraction doesn't make sense to me and it pains me
#now I'm done I think
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