Contractions is not proper english?

Question

this is soemthing that i've been taught since 2nd grade. i actually agree that contractions are not proper english, however contractions has been used by massive community so its acceptable in daily speechs, but when its used for a proper writing it is not proper english. manytimes, points are taken off of my essay for contractions acording to Albany. what i seek is an article that actually states "contraction is not proper english

Answer 1

Contractions are appropriate for when you dramatise dialogues in writing, because like you said most people speak using contractions. But for formal essays they're not appropriate  -  they're too colloquial.

Answer 2

Regardless of what the general public or the experts think, your teacher obviously does not like contractions.  I have one professor that wants a comma before the and in a list, not all professors require it.  But because he does I always put one.  So why not just stop putting contractions in your essays?  You would think you would have learned after the first time.

Here is an article

http://www.amschool.org/library_files/st...

Answer 3

A contraction is an acceptable form of the English language.  However, in formal situations, such as a formal paper, one should not use contractions, because it gives the paper a less formal or official tone when contractions are used.