"Standard English" meaning in English

See Standard English in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-|head=Standard English}} Standard English (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) The form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form. Wikipedia link: Standard English Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): English, Languages, Linguistics Synonyms: StE Translations (the form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form): প্রমিত ইংরেজী (prômitô ingrezī) (Bengali), 標準英語 /标准英语 (biāozhǔn Yīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Standardenglisch [neuter] (German), 標準英語 (hyōjun Eigo) (alt: ひょうじゅんえいご) (Japanese), मानक इंग्रजी (mānak iṅgrajī) [feminine] (Marathi), станда́ртный англи́йский язы́к (standártnyj anglíjskij jazýk) [masculine] (Russian)

Alternative forms

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