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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Teachers have no authority over students outside school property, therefore students are entitled to do whatever they imply, whether it's smoking, changing clothes from the uniform,...

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Teachers have no authority over students outside school property, therefore students are entitled to do whatever they imply, whether it's smoking, changing clothes from the uniform,... Teachers have no authority over students outside school property and therefore cannot prevent students from doing as they wish, whether it's smoking, changing from their school uniform, ... Just because the teachers don't have authority over them, it doesn't make the students "entitled" to anything.

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  • Teachers have no authority over students outside school property, therefore students are entitled to do whatever they imply, whether it's smoking, changing clothes from the uniform,...
  • Teachers have no authority over students outside school property and therefore cannot prevent students from doing as they wish, whether it's smoking, changing from their school uniform, ...
  • Just because the teachers don't have authority over them, it doesn't make the students "entitled" to anything.
  • "Imply" is not at all the right word here, but I hope I've captured what you mean.
  • Your original had a comma splice.
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Teachers have no authority over students outside school property, therefore students are entitled to do whatever they imply, whether it's smoking, changing clothes from the uniform,...


Teachers have no authority over students outside school property and therefore cannot prevent students from doing as they wish, whether it's smoking, changing from their sc
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I would change 'authority' to 'authorties'.
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No, you "have authority."
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