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RachaelRoo

Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:33 am Post subject: TOEFL question - contractions |
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My director has told my students that they will lose marks on the TOEFL test if they use contractions (eg. they must use IT IS instead of IT'S).
Anyone know if this is true? |
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ulsanchris
Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: take a wild guess
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sure you know that contractions are frownew upon in academic writing. |
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