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Double-standard English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Steven McGill
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Abstract

An exploration of the relative status of standard and non-standard varieties of British English, which asks: ‘Is correction ever appropriate?’

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English Today , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1998, pp. 6 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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