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Define standard English.
by orangethirty 14y ago
Define standard English.
- tsotha 14y agoThe kind of English you hear from newscasters. No slang, correct grammar, and full enunciation.
- Snoptic 14y agoWhich newscasters? They don't all sound the same to me. And where can I buy that book of "correct" grammar?
- tsotha 14y agoVery few professional newscasters use their normal speech patterns on the air. They deliberately train out regional dialects. As for grammar, everybody who's been to high school in the US has had a grammar book that teaches correct (not "correct") grammar. There really is a right way and a wrong way.
- Dylan16807 14y agoYes. There are definitely choices in word use but grammar is straightforward.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoJust not the black newscasters, mind.
- Dylan16807 14y agoWhat are you talking about? Black newscasters are perfectly good at diction.
- tsotha 14y agoI don't see any indication this is true.
- wwweston 14y agoEnglish as I speak it, of course.
- nerdfiles 14y agoOrwell defined it in http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/politics-and-the-english-language http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/politics-and-the-e...