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Guest   Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:48 am GMT
The question is irrelevant because there is no such thing as "standard English".
MollyB   Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:25 am GMT
<The question is irrelevant because there is no such thing as "standard English". >

A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. As it is usually the form promoted in schools and the media, it is usually considered by speakers of the language to be more "correct" in some sense than other dialects.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_language
Amabo   Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:41 pm GMT
"A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. As it is usually the form promoted in schools and the media, it is usually considered by speakers of the language to be more 'correct' in some sense than other dialects."

It is still no less fictional.