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  1. Dec 2025
    1. Assuming that everyone will understand your dialect only leads to confusion, misunderstanding, and false impressions — all of which are bad for business.

      In a certain work place especially in the United Stated it may be expected to only write and speak in standard English. If you cannot then you may not be able to be hired.

    2. In students’ personal lives — as they converse, text, or email with friends and family — there is no “wrong” language.

      The way some students speak or write may be incorrect in the classroom but from how or where they grew up it makes sense and is not incorrect from their perspective.

    3. My experience as a college writing instructor for 32 years, and as a writer, editor, and consultant for nearly 20 years, suggests that one of the best things we can do for students is to help them master standard English.

      Students may not agree but they can find it to be helpful. Mastering it may even be a necessity to some.

    4. the rest of us have no right to impose “our” language on those who are not native or proficient speakers.

      I believe it’s not right as well, but it also doesn’t change the way things work for most careers or even schools.

    1. only by acquiring Standard English will most students have any opportunity to fulfill high aspirations; and (3) a standard form of any language is good because it leads to social cohesion, upward mobility, and literary continuity with the past.

      Acquiring standard English gives one more opportunity to fulfill more.

    2. "They can do whatever they want outside class," one student said, "but in class they'll be expected to speak and write in Standard English.

      Standard English is expected, though it may not be fair it is true.

    3. They can do whatever they want outside class," one student said, "but in class they'll be expected to speak and write in Standard English.

      It may not be fair but a lot of schools and classes it is expected to read and write in standard English.

    4. But these views clash with another current view--that favoring Standard English necessarily entails giving preference to it and therefore marking down any departure from it.

      If one is used to their way of speaking or writing it can be more complicated for them to let go and get used to “standard English”