General Principle	Details	Incorrect Example	Correct Example
6 Use Standard English. (Don’t use Hillbilly, Street Dawg, or chat room English)	a) Avoid these Hillbilly verb forms.	We brung it. He drug it out. I seen it.	We brought it. He dragged it out. I saw it.
	b) Do not confuse them and those.	I really like them fries. Them are pretty good.	I really like those fries. Those are pretty good.
	c) Do not use double negatives.	He doesn’t have no lunch today.	He doesn’t have any lunch today.
	d) Do not use slang in a formal paper.	U be wrong 2 rite like this in a school paper, dawg.	Write without teen slang or chat-room shorthand.
	e) Him, me, and her can never do anything.	Him went. Me went. Him and me went.	He went. I went. He and I went.
	f) Avoid using “of” between an adjective and its noun.	Do you know anyone who owns that nice of a car? She doesn’t make such good of chicken.	Do you know anyone who owns a car that nice? She doesn’t make very good chicken.