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When writing French by hand, a student of mine writes larbre (instead of l'arbre): without space between l and a and an apostrophe to the right of the top of the l. She does the same with all apostrophes. She writes cést instead of c'est, jarrive instead of j'arrive, etc. In France, it is impossible to do so when writing by hand. L', j', c', m', etc. cannot be attached to the following word. Is it true that in the United-States students are taught that it is acceptable? Pouvez-vous m'aider ? Merci d'avance !
Kim On 10/07/14, Anne wrote: > Is it true that in the United-States students are taught > that it is acceptable?

C’est bizarre. À mon avis elle est paresseuse.
Oct 7, 2014
James in Belgium To respond to your question, NO ! This cannot be a generalized new acceptance. To the contrary, too many weak willed teachers do not enforce proper penmanship, proper etc. It is the fault of Whole Language instruction and Freedom of expression teaching trends that has come back to bite us.

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