Dictionary of British Education
Many experts in linguistics and the teaching of English doubt its existence, but the term is very widely used to indicate what is accepted as correct English by educated people. It is the kind of English usually used in print and normally taught in schools and to those learning English as a foreign language. Standard English as a concept is made more difficult by the fact that, however defined, it changes over time.
It also has many sub-divisions: e.g. standard scientific English is different from standard business English. Standard spoken English is also different from standard written English. It is not the same as received pronunciation.
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