Language Arts 804: Words and How to Use Them - Standard and Nonstandard Usage

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slang

Nonstandard vocabulary used by a particular group

A teen who uses standard English may be seen as

more capable, more intelligent, more mature

Those who use nonstandard English may be considered uneducated or unworthy in the business field true or false

true

usage

The customary way of using words

contraction

a shortened form of a word or phrase such as can't for cannot or don't for do not

why might students or educated adults use nonstandard language even though they know standard English?

careless, habitual use of language learned as a child rebellion or unwillingness to fit into the business environment showing that they fit in with a particular social group who may use nonstandard English the feeling that correct language is not important

Standard English is used by:

ministers, teachers, the business field, the educational field


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