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Re: Public Schools/Grammar-Spelling (was: Reputations)
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As many of the CD people know i have horrible mechanics and grammer. When i have to write up a report or a lab i have to have a friend look it over. English just isnt my strong point and i have been doing alot better now then when i first started to post.
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My english always told me,"Think of what a person in the subway would do if you read him your report."
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I recently turned in a paper on Molecular genetics and the Prof. stated in the requirements he would not read a paper with bad grammar, he would return it and you would have 3 days to correct it and submit it again.
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That is some teacher. I did not think any college teacher would do that.
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