Standard english Quote by Kory Stamper

“Standard English is a convenient abstraction, like the average man.”

— George Leslie Brook

“To write a genuine familiar or truly English style, is to write as any one would speak in common conversation who had a thorough…

— William Hazlitt

I'm absolutely pedantic about language; it must go back to my schools.

— June Brown

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.

— Irvine Welsh

“the rules of English grammar are largely an artificial construct with little or no bearing on the language as it is spoke.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

Where shall we look for standard English, but to the words of a standard man?

— Henry David Thoreau

“Personally, I think so-called "common language" is more interesting and apropos than "proper English"; it's passionate and powerful in ways that "wherefore art thou…

— J.R. Ward

Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are.

— Sterling K. Brown

If we are serious about enabling those who want to acquire what we have called standard English then first we should be honest about…

— Michael Rosen

“There is nothing that requires more precision, and purity of expression, than to write in a familiar style,' as the great English essayist William…

— Matt Weiland

“As a professional speaker and author, excellent grammar is crucial in my profession. Without the proper use of words and language, I would lose…

— Susan C. Young