Literacy is the skill to understand, respect, and seek out knowledge. Those whose are literate have a higher capacity for happiness and pleasure because they can comprehend the preciousness of a beautiful thing and appreciate it. A literate person would welcome arguments and views contrasting to their own in order to uncover the truth. Literacy is a tool with which one may become wise and find true happiness.

I do not believe that there should be standards for "good" English.

Standards, if set by the public, would be crude, widely varied and difficult to learn and understand by foreigners. Some may suggest that standards set by the masses would be more logical, however I believe they would only be more chaotic. If English had standards set by so-called grammar authorities, our language would become more rigid, complicated and nonsensical, and children would have to waste much more time learning grammar in school. The spoken language would become less creative and colourful, and therefore individuals will have less of a personal style of speech. If standards were eliminated, language would be exciting and new all the time, with all the mutations and styles that could emerge. Language would become a living entity, reflective of the eth

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