Banned Word List

 

I

You

We

Nice

Very

A Lot

Such As

Stuff

Thing

Things

Something

Really

Plus

Even

Just

Me

Like

Got

Get

My

Kid

Quote

Quotation

So

Why

It

All Contractions are BANNED in Formal Writing.

In the future—beginning with the next writing assignment—any banned word, or contraction, that appears in a work submitted to me will count as -5 (minus five) points off the total grade.