correct English

Example Sentences

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CUP&A says opinions about correct English grammar have changed, but in 1913, these would have been the expected answers:

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

Futhu thought his students had looked up the correct English spellings on Facebook.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019

I am hopeful that correct English may also be saved from extinction.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018

A passion for correct English at some point must have turned into an obsession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2016

The endlessly repeated claim that Webster’s Third treated ain’t as correct English is a myth.3 It originated in a press release from the publisher’s marketing department which announced “Ain’t gets official recognition at last.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker