That's appalling.

…tember, teachers were lenient. But if by January, God forbid, you used the word “is” in your paper, you’d see a letter grade deduction. Looking back on it now, it all seems like some hilarious ruse.
Was Anyone Else Taught to Avoid Linking Verbs?
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Janice Harayda
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Sep 22, 2023
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That's appalling. Glad you have a sense of humor about it. Otherwise, you'd have gone nuts by the eighth grade.
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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.
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