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Originally Posted by Lachwen
I, too, have found it most annoying to be told "This is how you write a story," then have points taken off if I diverge from the pet formula.
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I suppose that, if the exercise was to demonstrate knowledge and application of the formula, then she was probably right to mark you down. Harsh though it may seem. It is fair to say, and I have found this throughout my academic and professional life, that work which may be of the highest quality is nevertheless inappropriate if it does not meet the purpose for which it was created.
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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil
These archaic spellings give the impression that you are a haughty snob. Fix your spell-checker to change those automatically before I start taking points off.
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Um, those aren't archaic spellings. They are in current and consistent use this side of the Atlantic. In other words, they are 'proper' English.
