# Why using "u" in place of "you" is a bad thing.

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**Created:** [February 10, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-using-u-in-place-of-you-is-a-bad-thing/24337 "2007-02-10T02:58:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-using-u-in-place-of-you-is-a-bad-thing/24337/18 "2007-02-11T08:07:03Z")

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> “But most students realize that they need to put their adolescent spellings behind them by the time they get to college.”

:lol:

“Most.”

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