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    Heartbroken and confused: Does anyone have real information on the recent texas a&m student death that happened after the UT game?

    I'm a student at Texas A&M, and like many of you, I've been following the news about Brianna Aguilera, the 19-year-old Aggie who died in Austin back in November :cry::cry:. The whole situation is just devastating, and honestly, the conflicting information has made it even harder to process. I'm...
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    My professor marked me down for using contractions. Are contractions in writing always wrong for academic work?

    I just got a paper back and my professor circled every contraction and wrote 'informal' in the margin. I lost points for this. I'm honestly confused because I thought are contractions in writing acceptable in college essays. I see contractions in published books and articles all the time. Is...
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    Can anyone explain which two factors combine to form an author's purpose? I'm stuck on my homework.

    I'm in 8th grade and we're learning about author's purpose in English class. I thought I understood it—like to persuade, inform, or entertain. But then my teacher asked this specific question: which two factors combine to form an author's purpose for writing a text? and I completely blanked...
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    My grandmother only writes in cursive and now my kids can't read her letters

    This became real for me recently. My grandmother sends handwritten letters to my kids for birthdays and holidays, always in beautiful cursive writing. My oldest is 10 and came to me with a letter saying, 'Mom, I can't read this.' I sat down with her and realized she genuinely couldn't decipher...
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