Language is used in different ways; formally, in business and in academic work and informally, among family members and friends. When people speak and write a language, they arrive at acceptable ways of using words and combining them within sentences, and they develop a standard usage in grammar, spelling, punctuation and meaning. Non-standard usage confuses people. Therefore, good writing is, first of all correct writing; it follows standard usage in grammar. Grammar is the study of words and the way they are combined in sentences. Musicians work with notes, painters with colors and writers with words. Words are the substance of compositions, the arrangement of which makes the form of composition. Standard usage refers to … .