So, I'm giving my middle schoolers basic information about an upcoming assignment, then I say more information is to be announced. After the last three words, I add, "TBA".
"What's TBA?"
Cut to my ESL class with a sixth grader. I throw out a question on a test because I realized we didn't cover the rule for it in class. She already answered it right, and argues she should get extra credit.
"I can't give you extra credit. You guessed."
"I didn't guess!" she insists. "I use context!"
She got extra credit for "context". We English teachers like words like that.
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