[lg policy] UK: Seven-year-olds get strict new rules on use of exclamation marks

[Baron, Dennis E]

That’s an easy one, Dave. Here’s the govt’s set of exam standards:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439623/2016_KS1_EnglishGPS_framework_PDFA.pdf

Dennis Baron
Professor of English and Linguistics
Department of English
University of Illinois
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Urbana, IL 61801

office: 217-305-0067
English Dept: 217-333-2390
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http://www.illinois.edu/goto/debaron<http://illinois.edu/goto/debaron>

read the Web of Language:
https://illinois.edu/blog/view/25















On Mar 10, 2016, at 2:15 AM, Dave Sayers <dave.sayers at cantab.net<mailto:dave.sayers at cantab.net>> wrote:

Media article here: http://goo.gl/vS7RZY

I'm afraid I can't find the original govt document in question but it's picked up and discussed critically in a recent classroom activities book for teachers:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=itjOCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA218

Dave

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