I think the point here is the student was asked to write a theological paper without mentioning the word "god" once. Which seems a little rediculous as the majority of modern religions contain at least one deific figure. More importantly, the subject of her paper was the impact on Christianty (a monotheistic patriarchal religion, assuming our Lord has a wang) on the development of the USA. The teacher actually approved this subject, even though he acknowledged it would be near impossible for her to follow his one stiplation. which was NOT to not mention gods (note teh small g, plural tense. By this I mean "do not refer to any deific beings
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Well, yeah, but she used it 41 times in a 10 page paper. It is easy to, say, replace "God" with "deity," and by prohibiting use of the monotheistic upper-case G designation, it'd force her to focus more on the politics or histories of religion than the mythos of Christianity. I had a twelfth grade teacher who threatened to fail anyone using the verb, "to be" in our final paper, but no one complained about their constitutional rights of free speech being violated, they just used other verbs.
Hey! Just because "to be" lacks the depth and persuasive potential of other "action" verbs doesn't make it less effective or worthwhile! Hater!! (-.- Yeah, I know what you mean.)
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And free specch usually refers to expression of a belief/opinion/feeling, not grammar ^^ Though I see your point.
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(-.- Yeah, I know what you mean.)
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