---

It's completely fair, or close to it. You waited until the last minute, and you used internet slang in a proper English paper. I would have failed you too.

FP

---

"Gunna" isn't internet slang, but it's what you say when talking out loud.

-------
It's a face, what did you think it was?

---

why the fuck would you ever write that in a paper that you're going to turn in to a teacher?

---

Don't you mean 'gunna turn into a teacher'?

FP

-------
I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

---

Quote: from charolastra at 12:43 am on July 23, 2008

---

why the fuck would you ever write that in a paper that you're going to turn in to a teacher?

---

Don't you mean 'gunna turn into a teacher'?

FP

---

lol i was thinking that as i typed that reply out

-------
last.fm
I'm the biggest boss that you seen thus far.

---

"Gunna" isn't internet slang, but it's what you say when talking out loud.

---

Despite that, it's far from standard English, which is what should be written on any essay.

Failing a paper for one single word, though, does seem to be overreacting a bit, however, you have to be pretty dumb to not catch yourself using the word "gonna" instead of going to, even if you're typing the paper up at the last minute. Things like that are extremely easy to catch without even proofreading your paper.

Remember kids, the number one rule for essays is no contractions. Even if it might seem silly to type out "is not" instead of isn't, it is still better to go with the former since it undoubtedly follows the universal rules of standard English. If you get in the habit of eliminating contractions in every essay you write, accidentally throwing in slang contractions like "gonna" will never happen without you noticing it as you type it.

Post edited at 5:46 am on July 23, 2008 by Bud2400