Both my english teachers (advanced & extension) who always told us to reffer to our texts using abbreviations after the first reference went to some seiminar in the last 2 weeks of school, they came back and explicitly told us to not under any circumstances if we can help it use any form of abreviations.
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i write +, its not a matter of ease, its a matter of habit - i often write my own notes in shorthand so im more used to + than "and". as mentioned before, when you have to write out the word when ususally you dont, it disrupts your train of thought constantly
i read an exemplar answer for extension history (not english i know but why would they change- as said before the habit is too well ingrained) and it was full of +'s. but it got annoying 8 pages in
abbreviations a no-no esp for related texts- Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy is my journeys related text. so tempting to write HHG2G but i write "hitchhikers..." or "the Guide"
abbreviations a no-no esp for related texts- Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy is my journeys related text. so tempting to write HHG2G but i write "hitchhikers..." or "the Guide"
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I use it in all subjects except English. However, there are exceptions in English. Take for example, the sentence.
"On the picnic, I had to bring a rug, food & drink, and a hat."
In this context, the ampersand is use to differentiate between separate items, and joined items. However, this type of use won't come up often, and if in doubt, ignore it completely. Just use "and".
"On the picnic, I had to bring a rug, food & drink, and a hat."
In this context, the ampersand is use to differentiate between separate items, and joined items. However, this type of use won't come up often, and if in doubt, ignore it completely. Just use "and".
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When your in the exam room you hardly think about whether to write AND or & and usually you go with your gut instinct to save time and write &.. true it's not hard to wirte & but your not gunna sit there and think about it... i worte using & i don't see the big deal though
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Same same.Pillows said:
Our Eco teacher told our class that its totally fine in eco/bus and if we want to save more time to write like up arrows for increasing and down arrows for decreasing and that so i like & has got to be sweet.
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The hsc markers comments have made a big point about not using abbreviations though because it breaks the flow of the essay (for english anyway).
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i don't think its a good idea.
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Old habits die hard and you tend it write it without even thinking.independantz said:
I do a back to front 3 with a line down the middle.
I'd never do it in English, and in Business today I wrote 'and' all the time instead... I just had to keep thinking about it.
Don't use & or + !!!! My aunty's an HSC English teacher and they absolutely HATE IT! You technically won't get marked down for it, but if there is anything else that makes the response not perfect, you're just begging for the marks to be taken away. Don't use acronyms either, they really don't like it and will be annoyed, and the last thing we want to do is annoy the markers, right? 
