Standard English
Example Sentences
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Standard English punctuation is still alive and well; in the online world, nonstandard punctuation is alive and well.…
From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2015
Remember, for many Americans, Standard English is only used in formal settings—business and school, but not home.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2014
Grammarians push Standard English at the expense of other forms, he asserts.
From BBC • May 13, 2013
Standard English was all very well for Anglophone societies, but out there in the wider world, a non-native "decaffeinated English", declared Nerriere, was becoming the new global phenomenon.
From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2010
In the catechism proper the Standard English Catechism Version has been followed when it did not interfere with the plan stated above.
From Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers by Sverdrup, H. U.
