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Thru

Its becoming more and more prevalent: even appearing in some dictionaries.
My question is, would you ever use this word in a formal setting; say letter or essay? Discuss

Reply 1

Glutamic Acid

17

I wouldn't use it in informal writing... so no.

Reply 2

apassingfeeling

17

Isn't it an American thing?

I wouldn't use it because to me it looks like text speak...

Reply 3

common_person

10

Ditto tho.

I'd never dream of using it if I wanted to be taken seriously.

It's a shame that thro' seems archaic now.

Reply 4

Christian_j

17

It probably appears in dictionaries (SOURCE???) because it is often used as a part of other words such as 'Thru-hiking' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thru-hiking

It can have other meanings as well as being a simplified form of 'through'...

Reply 5

Thud

17

Yeah I'd use it in a formal setting; "I worked at mcdonalds drive-thru".

:dontknow:

that's what it's called...

No.

I've only ever see it in comic books... :s-smilie:

Reply 8

Big Kabz

11

What about "tho" (instead of though)

Reply 9

haphazardgirl

no. its informal writing and i save it for msn conversations etc.

Reply 10

Sartre_1337

OP

4

Christian_j

It probably appears in dictionaries (SOURCE???) because it is often used as a part of other words such as 'Thru-hiking' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thru-hiking

It can have other meanings as well as being a simplified form of 'through'...

American Psychological Association (APA):
thru. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved February 17, 2009, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thru
Chicago Manual Style (CMS):
thru. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thru (accessed: February 17, 2009).
Modern Language Association (MLA):
"thru." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 17 Feb. 2009. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thru>.

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