My lecturer doesn't allow me to do so because it's too informal. Is she right?
2007-08-29 00:29:08 · 7 answers · asked by petelennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Any formal communication should use full words, never use abbreviations or similar. When you think about it, by using could've instead of could have, you are only saving two key strokes anyway!
With the advent of the Internet, text messages etc., people are becoming lazy and use "shortcut" words too often.
2007-08-29 00:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by Julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Contractions only used very informally.
2007-08-29 00:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by Artsy Nanna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can but for a professional looking presentation I would avoid shortening and go with "could have". It will present better with your verbal presentation.
2007-08-29 00:39:13 · answer #3 · answered by roofcutter650 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could pronounce it "could've" (unless this is a speech class), but you must spell it out in writing.
2007-08-29 00:40:16 · answer #4 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
im pretty sure that you can
once i asked my english teacher
the same thing and they said 'yes'
so im pretty sure that you can use it
hope that helps =)
2007-08-29 00:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by MizzRandom(: 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its your way of telling and of course you can
2007-08-29 01:54:30 · answer #6 · answered by jaya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah she's right. u cant use them
2007-08-29 00:38:26 · answer #7 · answered by lo-la! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋