Craig,

Your example about the ban on contractions was telling, but it also reminded 
me of an experience I had a couple of years ago.   Early in the semester in a 
freshman comp course, a student reported that she had been told never to use 
the pronoun "you" in college writing.   Perhaps with an edge of indignation in 
my voice, I asked, "Who told you that?"   She replied, "You did last semester 
in developmental writing."

Now, I would never tell anyone they can't use the pronoun "you," but clearly 
this student thought I had. . . .   Sometimes what students is hear is 
different from what we think we said.


Peter Adams

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