Should there be "Standard English" which everyone must adhere too? There bees a controversy underway; should language be completely standardized? The defense of good, "standard", English is that it helps communication, that it is perhaps even a sine qua non of mutual understanding. (Simon, 89) However, it is hard to deny those who deviate from achieving both highly verbal and stylistic forms of communication. Smitherman sho did some bad stuff in her work even though it …
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…to emphasize their cultural individuality. Language is an organic object, which invites creativity. With the framework in place, it is then the author's responsibility to add his stylistic impressions. Any author, even with imposed standards, has the ability to answer Smitherman's question "Who I Be"; therefore the real question should be then "Do I Really Want to Reveal Who I Be?" Language can easily be shaped once the necessary infrastructure has been put in place.