The author also explained the reasoning behind the deletion of words used in nonstandard negro english, to try and prove that it is not a result of being illiterate, but that it is a langugae within itself. The author provided an examle of how there is a right way and a wrong way of using the deltion of words, and just like standard english, verbs, phrases and word order have to be considered to decide whether or not the word can be left out. The author also used an example of an interview study done on an standard english speaker and a nonstandard english speaker to support the claim that their are fallacies in middle-class standard english being the path to succeeding in school. The two examples showed that the two statements contained the same amount of thought-out answers, however the standard english response consisted of an excessive amount of non useful words. The author then referenced that back to a quote on how actual thoughts are just