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A quick question for English teachers (and I'm asking as a retired HS English teacher) - my daughter (10th gr) was dinged significantly on her research paper for using quotations that included contractions in them. "Errors in a quote are YOUR responsibility to fix!" is what's written on her paper, meaning she needs to alter the quote. I've never in my life heard this or taught this. Am I missing something? (Full disclosure: we've questioned the teacher's subject knowledge all year, something I'm really loathe to do. This isn't the first head scratcher we've encountered.)
Debbi On 5/19/15, JS wrote: > A quick question for English teachers (and I'm asking as a > retired HS English teacher) - my daughter (10th gr) was > dinged significantly on her research paper for using > quotations that included contractions in them. "Errors in a > quote are YOUR responsibility to fix!" is what's written on her &...See More
May 19, 2015
JS On 5/19/15, Debbi wrote: > On 5/19/15, JS wrote: >> A quick question for English teachers (and I'm asking as > a >> retired HS English teacher) - my daughter (10th gr) was >> dinged significantly on her research paper for using >> quotations that included contractions in them. "Errors in a >> quote are YOUR ...See More
May 19, 2015
Kathy For this teacher, I would advise your daughter to change the contractions, but place brackets around the altered parts. Did this teacher come from a journalism background? Not that you alter quotes there either, but in some places/schools I've seen it done.

Kathy

On 5/19/15, JS wrote: > On 5/19/15, Debbi wrote: >> On 5/19...See More
May 19, 2015
marjoryt Purdue OWL is my online reference for anything English. It
has a specific entry about this on the MLA page:

"or some other form of documentation, this punctuation
rule may change.

When quoting text with a spelling or grammar error, you
should transcribe the error exactly in your own text.
However, also insert th...See More
May 26, 2015


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