Standard Written English

A witty, straightforward guide to the pitfalls and hotly disputed issues in standard written English, illustrated with examples and including a glossary of grammatical terms and an appendix on punctuation. 

The following passage is an early draft of a student s essay, and parts of it need to be rewritten. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow it. Some questions are about individual sentences or parts of sentences. Here, you are asked to select the choice that will improve the sentence structure and word choice. Other questions refer to parts of the essay or even the entire essay and ask you to look carefully at its organization and development. You should follow the conventions of standard written English in answering the questions. 

The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English in other words, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. 

Apply the conventions of standard written English to compose and revise text. 

E. IF YOU WANT TO BE JUDGED SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF YOUR IDEAS, USE STANDARD WRITTEN ENGLISH. 

Listen to the television network newspeople. Many of them overcame serious language handicaps to become excellent readers of Standard Written English,... 

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