John Smith This is just a sample so you can see where the

Ms. Goldfinch abstract should go, this does not follow the
Expository Writing same prompt you were given.
October, 3 2014

Abstract
John Smiths essay, Grandma Knows Best (2013), examines the way that language is
subjective, highlighting the ways in which there is no right way to speak. Smith gives
examples of from Tannen, Kingston, and others to show how language depends on perspective.
Smith shows how there are perceptions of language in place depending on culture in order to
make the reader aware of alternatives to the right way to speak. Through his simple language
and personalized examples he makes his essay easily accessible to all readers.

Grandma Knows Best
You mean Justin and I, not Justin and me, said my grandmother, and I was disgusted at
myself for making the same random mistake again, but I repeated after her, Justin and I. Then
Grandma smiled, and we got back to clipping her backyard rosebushes. Nowadays, I try to
correct my own grammar before I say something instead of after, and I am glad that my
grandmother helped me to learn to speak correctly. However, when I say correctly, I mean one
thing, while Deborah Tannen, Maxine Hong Kingston, and a large amount of other people might
mean something else when they talk about the right way to speak. If we all have trouble trying
.