Benefitions Of Standard Writing In A Standard Form Of Writing

It is essential to understand that classes taken in grade school do not give students a full understanding of each subject. With the topic of writing, there will always be a new lesson to learn, an aspect to improve, or a differing way to explain. Author Craig Vetter states in Bonehead Writing, “This is your enemy: a perfectly empty sheet of paper. Nothing will ever happen here except what you make happen.” Each story, essay, or response comes from a writer’s experiences. With each attempt at a new piece comes an underlying story of emotions the writer is facing. Each person’s writing is unique and the ideas people have are related to their past experiences and what they believe to be familiar with when deciding which writing style to use. As a high school student, I have learned many things about writing that helped me become the improved writer I am today, but the most essential advice I have received is practice makes perfect. Although there is no actual perfect way of writing, I have discovered that each essay I write, my writing improves. It is easier to spot mistakes, find areas to improve, and ponder elevated word choice to use.

English is the language of the modern world. It is undeniable that English has become a global lingua franca and has developed throughout history. With the spread of English, it has evolved into different varieties known as ‘World Englishes’ and in turn emerged a number of attitudes to the issues of deviation from what is considered to be ‘standard’. Throughout the years there has been a great debate over the teaching of English in schools. One particular aspect of this is the argument over whether or to what extent Standard English should be used in the education of children. In this essay I will examine the understanding of Standard English and Non-standard Englishes and relate how Standard English is used in the domain education in Outer

The intensity in our story develops when our narrator discovers she really doesn’t love Peter. It’s when he asks her if she fancy’s the waiter (151), when she understands, at that moment she does not love him. Here is when she falls out of love in Sarajevo. It is because our narrator has a certain abusive struggle from Peter, that she seems to change her mind about him in such an instance. But through out the story she doesn’t seem to mind the way he mentally abuses her, how he’s always putting her down, and she doesn’t seem to understand that he still thinks of his wife but is practically with her for the fact she’s a good “LAY”. Her constant thought of Mrs. Piper, Peter’s wife, although she never physically appears in the story, she seems to always be present in her and his mind, making it hard for her to be fully with her lover (Peter) and in this way further extend her fantasious love relationship. She seems to be in denial about what truly is going on, and how she wants to make this work, when in deed she’s only in it for the grade, but she doesn’t want to

Fighting for Our Lives written by Deborah Tannen suggests that the culture we live in is argumentative. She begins by giving her readers her point of view, by speaking of “civility” in our society and what civility really means. She also compares an everyday conversation to an argument with a spouse. She reflects on how the argumentative culture can at times be causing more problems than it actually solves. Tannen enlightens us on several different topics, she not only presents her opinions but she also goes into depth about said topics and backs it up with evidence and examples on how to better our culture as a whole. Tannen is convinced

The English language has evolved substantially since its beginning. It has evolved from sign language, to Shakespearean, to modern English we speak today. This evolution has also created a standard of writing, known as the SWE or standard written language. David Foster Wallace’s essay “Authority and American Usage”, addresses the function and importance of a writing class. Wallace finds many of these classes to be troublesome due to the lack of correct usage of standard written language. Most of Wallace’s points and opinions come from his own experiences with his writing class and his experience as a writer. I find that replicating and correctly implementing a style and format of writing that is acceptable to Wallace to

Like C. S. Lewis said “We do not write to be understood. We write to understand” (Uttich 27). This essay indicated that it’s okay to be different, the way to express yourself when it comes to writing, and what to do when you cannot focus. Writers normally believe if they were to write their thoughts or ideas down, others would somehow come to understand them, but at the end of the day it was originally written for the writer to really comprehend how and what they are truly feeling at that certain time.

1. Many people believe that crude and effusive style is a familiar writing style. However, writing in the way you speak is the most familiar way to write. You should regard writing as a public speech which you should use precise and proper language to express your thought clearly. Therefore, avoiding too vulgar or too pedantic words is crucial for writing. It is hard to find words which are exactly matched with your purpose, but this ability is necessary to write familiarly. Crude and pompous words can never make your writing natural.

We as humans tend to follow a strategic way of speaking through our writing, “the norm”. Author Vershawn Young's article "Should Writers Use They Own English?", challenges the ideals of what we believe standard english and why we view it as the only universal way of speaking. Within society english that spoken, by non-caucasian speakers are seen as illiterate and go under a great amount of scrutiny. The implement of  english in “Academic Writing” calls as a platform of communication

Standard English was established so that every person of the English origin could speak on one accord of understanding and comprehensiveness. However, fast forwarding to the modern day world, English varies in many cases. Standard English, Broken English, Black English (known as slang), etc... Speaking in any other English besides Standard English you are known to be grammatically and educationally incorrect. Standard English is taught in the classroom but does not prepare for real life world experiences. Many variations of English language are spoken but many are also judged by in most cases a person who speaks Standard English.

Today in class we had Diane Martinez come to speak to us about professional writing as a concentration. She began by going over the what the professional writing concentration would be useful towards. She handed out a paper that listed what kind of jobs students in the professional writing program can get. Some of these jobs include business, creative writing, information technology (IT), journalism, and public relations. Also listed on the paper was some of the most common jobs for professional writers; this can include working as a writing coach, writing for a magazine, being a public relations specialist, and working in publishing. She informed us that English majors concentrating in professional writing are valued because they are flexible and able to communicate well. Many fields and professions need professional writers, even if they are not necessarily looking for them.

Plain style is effective in historic writing because it can help the reader get to know the words used during the time period and feel like they are in that historical time. Bradford’s use of plain style helps the reader compare past time everyday language and today everyday language. Instead of saying meeting place William Bradford uses the word rendezvous and sentinel in place of a guard when he says, “So, night coming on, they made their rendezvous and sentinels… (Bradford 9).” The common man in 1620 can understand plain style, but the common man of 2015 has difficulties understanding plain style. The use of plain style teaches us how different writing has changed therefore it is effective in historic

In paragraph three of the second section, it is written, "The truth is that cursive writing is virtually gone." for if that is the case, then there should be no discussion. If it is gone, then let it be gone. Times change, although they once served a big purpose in others lives. A lot of adults are trying to keep traditions they had as a child. Although it may served a purpose back then, it may not serve so much of one now. There are so many new ideas that people have to allow to come in and take place to expand the mind. You cannot

This is an over-optimistic and naïve argument, however, for at least three reasons. Most particularly, a standardized writing system might seem ideal, but it cannot overcome the enormous difficulties brought about by requiring the world's citizens to learn a new writing system. This is because learning writing systems is very challenging, laborious and time-consuming (Tzeng & Wang, 1983); this is even more the case for adult learners, who might anyway see little benefit and much disadvantage from the additional financial expense of learning a new writing system when they are already expert users of their written language. A second reason why a universal writing system is ill-advised is because languages are living things that evolve slowly over time; there never can be a 'standard' writing system while cultures are continually developing new forms of expression. This can be seen from the fact that the Chinese writing system has already undergone several evolutions over the centuries. Thirdly, the argument for standardizing a writing system is naïve because it entails controversial political decisions. No doubt the powerful nations of the East would prefer a logographic or a syllabic writing system while their Western counterparts would prefer an alphabetic writing system. Each 'side' would therefore favour its existing writing system to minimize disruption and to ensure forms of cultural hegemony. Taken together, these three arguments demonstrate the impracticality of a universal writing system and highlight the difficulties such a system would

There are many different forms and styles used in writing. Writing is a form of communication that is used to document and express ideas people have. Through the years as people grow and learn knew ways of writing, writing awareness of a person will evolve into a much higher level of thinking. From the first term paper a person writes in high school to the papers they hand in at the college level, the writing will have matured over the years. The authors of writing develop new and more sophisticated ways in expressing themselves through the words they use in writing. Throughout history writers have found ways in which they can achieve the goals of gaining the readers attention and keep them interested. A good form of

writing should be simple and easy to understand. There is a specific style that must be followed