1. STANDARD ENGLISH
Everyone uses the English language differently on a daily basis, and the English they use is depending upon the audience they are speaking to. In the essay "Mother Tongue," Amy Tan tells a story of how she uses different Englishes in every day life. ... Grammar books, as a rule, describe one of the many Englishes spoken in America as Standard English. ... Speaking in that dialect can cause you a bit of trouble with one of the two, if not both. ... We should try to learn and use Standard English not because it is good grammar or better grammar than we now use, but because it can be the dia...
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- Grade Level: High School