Was the lecturer able to explain a reason for this rule? Or was it simply a strong prejudice, not based on reason? What sort of course was it? http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/politics-english-language1.htm Regards Stuart Flavia said: > In my functional grammar unit, I remember our lecturer saying that > the words 'put' and 'got' were an 'abuse of the English language' > and anyone that used them in an essay/report would automatically > fail the assignment. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************