Never Use These Words/Phrases in Essays

Forbidden Words Never Use these Words/Phrases in Essays

Empty Words Like barley/burley sad a lot Stuff nice get / got really Things bad very Anyways Well happy good nice

Phrases I’m about to tell you… My essay is about… The end.

Words that don’t exist ‘cause Wanna Gonna Shoulda

Abbreviations Etc. => Etcetera asap=> as soon as possible Yr. old =>year old Jan.=> January or any other months Wk.=>week w/=> with or w/out => without Min. =>Minute

Symbols / Numbers @ # & $ % 1,2,4,5 etc (Spell out all numbers under 100)

Slang Cool freaky homie Geez off the hook cuz (for cousin) Chillin’ popo (police) tight Converted Spelling Good4U goin’ LOL chillin’ Thru nothin’ Tonite/2nite CUl8t

Unnecessary Punctuation [!] use an exclamation point for the following reasons only.  Use an exclamation point after a sentence expressing strong feeling. For example, "I can't believe you did that!"  You can also place an exclamation point at the end of a forceful command, such as, "Come here right now!"  Place exclamation points at the end of a sentence rather than in the middle. Thus, "Hooray, we won!" rather than, "Hooray! we won."  Place the exclamation point inside quotation marks only if it's part of the quotation. Otherwise, it goes outside the quotation marks. For example, "She shouted, 'Help me, please!'" […] Ellipsis: an ellipsis is used only when you are omitting something.

TOP TEN WORST ENDINGS EVER! 10. TALK TO YOU LATER. 9. AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. THAT’S THE END. 8. ….THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. 7. THAT’S ALL I KNOW. I HOPE YOU LIKED MY … 6. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL OR EMAIL. 5. THEN ALIENS CAME DOWN AND ATE THEIR BRAINS. 4. I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS AND GIVE ME A GOOD GRADE. 3. SUDDENLY, THE ALARM WENT OFF. I WOKE UP AND IT WAS ALL A DREAM. THE END. 2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1. THE END!