Standard English
Example Sentences
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In a study by professor Neil Kirk, most Scottish participants assumed AI-generated Scottish Standard English or Dundonian Scots voices were human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
This is an artful and convincing reading, and McWhorter carries it out in an impishly forensic manner, proving his thesis that, in some respects, Black English has “more going on” than Standard English.
From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017
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
Various editions of separate works; Cranford, in Standard English Classics, etc.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by William Joseph Long
