My grade ten teacher had a list of "betes noires"; elementary spelling mistakes for which he would automatically deduct a full point (out of ten, mind you): to/two/too, its/it's, 'should of' instead of 'should have', etc.
Very few of us made those mistakes after the first few essays.
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Date: 2005-10-28 12:31 am (UTC)Very few of us made those mistakes after the first few essays.