Words Not to Use in a Formal Research Paper (or Literary Analysis)

good                                                       bad

stuff                                                       things

a lot                                                       lots

gonna/wanna                                          I

Me                                                        My

Our                                                       Us

We                                                         You

Your                                                      mine

Nice                                                      mean

you’re                                                    u/wuz/any texting abbreviations

ANY abbreviations                                  ANY symbols (examples: & or w/ or btw or b/t)

Contractions (don’t, can’t, etc)