Using abbreviations in an extended response (or short answer) (1 Viewer)

[~ ReNcH ~]

Is it valid to use abbreviations in extended responses and short answers?
e.g. ^ for an increase, gov't for government, Aust. for Australia etc.

Do markers get frustrated when you use abbreviations like that??

 

[ay_caramba]

nah man, definitely dont use abbreviations in ur essays, my teacher strictly warned us against using those.. especially ^ for increase lol ..theyre only good to use when making notes in class
however i think its fine to do abbreviations for organisations and certain things.. eg: in an essay write down "Current Account Deficit (CAD)" and then u can use "CAD" throughout ur essay.. same with APEC, OPEC, OECD.. write out the full name the first time only.

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

nah man, definitely dont use abbreviations in ur essays, my teacher strictly warned us against using those.. especially ^ for increase lol ..theyre only good to use when making notes in class
however i think its fine to do abbreviations for organisations and certain things.. eg: in an essay write down "Current Account Deficit (CAD)" and then u can use "CAD" throughout ur essay.. same with APEC, OPEC, OECD.. write out the full name the first time only.

Hmm...yea, that's what I thought. ^ was meant to be an up arrow by the way - I use up/down arrows in my notes - same with --> for "leads to". But yea, I thought it would look kind of informal to use them in a formal essay.

Btw. those emoticons next toy your UAI...are they meant to represent shock at such a good UAI or shock that you didn't get higher? Coz with a mark like that in Ancient...

 

[Jago]

haha, i wouldn't suggest using arrows.

 

[ay_caramba]

Hmm...yea, that's what I thought. ^ was meant to be an up arrow by the way - I use up/down arrows in my notes - same with --> for "leads to". But yea, I thought it would look kind of informal to use them in a formal essay.

Btw. those emoticons next toy your UAI...are they meant to represent shock at such a good UAI or shock that you didn't get higher? Coz with a mark like that in Ancient...

lol they represent my reaction to my uai, i didnt expect it to be that high.. well after getting my results, i kinda knew it would be in the 90s but thats abt it

 

[aditya]

simple answer is ask ur teacher.... it doenst take long...

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

simple answer is ask ur teacher.... it doenst take long...

If I remember to in 6 weeks time.