Author Question: How might variations in usage within English be most appropriately described? a. as errors in ... (Read 36 times)

frankwu · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

How might variations in usage within English be most appropriately described?

a. as errors in speaking standard English
b. as a lack of structure in certain language communities
c. as distinct subsystems within the larger grammar of English
d. as a development unique to English

Question 2

What kind of error rates in punctuation were shown by the majority of U.S. middle school students as reported by Applebee et al. (1987)?

a. Fifty percent of the students averaged 15 errors per hundred words
b. Fifty percent of the students averaged 1.5 errors per hundred words
c. One hundred percent of the students averaged 15 errors per fifty words
d. One hundred percent of the students averaged 1.5 errors per fifty words