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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD loves em dashes for word count reason. And "A/B" in place of "A and B" whenever appropriate. And "I'll" instead of "I will." Not sure if this will doom her. Hope not.[/quote] Em dashes are fine. The contractions are not. [/quote] Contractions make an essay more casual - which is what AO want. - Former T20 reader [/quote] Agreed. - Former T50 reader[/quote] Thank you both ! We has my kid take out em-dashes. We just didn’t want to worry it. He has contractions because they save word count and it sounds more like him anyway. I read the other poster’s comment and had a mini panic attack:). [/quote]
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