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0For a college admission essay, can I include this quote. And should I change the spelling or add something like [01i00sic02i00] or change the word with brackets? 02br
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00The Quote: 00I ain't worried bout a damn thang, with unconditional love.02br
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02i 02br 02br 00 All these are very informal, very probably not appropriate for such an essay, if used directly. "02i 02br 02br 01b 00if you insist on using 02b 00the quotation and that'll make it clear it's not your own sentence, but reported speech. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 02i 02br 02br 00 All these are very informal, very probably not appropriate for such an essay, if used directly.
  • "02i 02br 02br 01b 00if you insist on using 02b 00the quotation and that'll make it clear it's not your own sentence, but reported speech.
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0 01i00I 01font00ain't02font00 worried 01font00bout 02font00a 01font00****02font00 01font00thang02font00, with unconditional love.02i02br
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0I think bout should be 'bout, as it's an abridged 'about'.02br
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00Like Marius, I'm concerned about the appropriateness of this for your essay. Are you sure this is appropriate? It is not only 01i00incredibly02i00 informal, it contains a mild swear word (****), and a potentially offensive transcription of an African-American accent (thang). Please
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0lol02br
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00I just found out what it is a quote of.02br
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00OK, you could quote a Tupac song in your application essay if you really wanted to, as long as you referenced what you were quoting. And if you are quoting something, you quote it exactly, you don't tidy up irregular English.02br
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00But are you really sure that quoti
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