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Standard written English

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Standard written English refers to the preferred form of English as it is written according to prescriptive authorities associated with publishing houses and schools; the standard varieties of English around the world largely align to either British or American English spelling standards. [1]

14 relations: American and British English spelling differences, English language, English usage controversies, English-language spelling reform, French language, Italian language, Linguistic prescription, Manually coded English, Online chat, P. G. Wodehouse, Psmith, Spanish language, Standard language, Stephen Fry.

American and British English spelling differences

Many of the differences between American and British English date back to a time when spelling standards had not yet developed.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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English usage controversies

In the English language, there are grammatical constructions that many native speakers use unquestioningly yet certain writers call incorrect.

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English-language spelling reform

For centuries, there has been a movement to reform the spelling of English.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Italian language

Italian (or lingua italiana) is a Romance language.

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Linguistic prescription

Linguistic prescription, or prescriptive grammar, is the attempt to lay down rules defining correct use of language.

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Manually coded English

MCE or speaking and signing at the same time has been labeled many terms--including Total Communication, Simultaneous Communication (SimCom), Signed English, Manually-Coded English, Sign Supported Speech, and Sign Supported English, none of which specify the degree to which the user is attempting to sign specific English vocabulary or correct grammar.

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Online chat

Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver.

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P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humourists of the 20th century.

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Psmith

Rupert Psmith (or Ronald Eustace Psmith, as he is called in the last of the four books in which he appears) is a recurring fictional character in several novels by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being one of Wodehouse's best-loved characters.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Standard language

A standard language or standard variety may be defined either as a language variety used by a population for public purposes or as a variety that has undergone standardization.

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Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist.

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Formal written English, Standard Written English, Written English.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_written_English

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