King's English
Example Sentences
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The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023
The Brontës’ novels are stuffed full of dialect, and Heathcliff hardly speaks the King’s English.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019
In The King’s English, the Fowler brothers counseled against Americanisms, but expressed envy over fall:
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2018
"It's so galling," said Betsy Burton, president of the American Booksellers Association, who has run The King's English Bookshop for 37 years.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2015
It wasn’t until the eighteenth century that the double negative was declared a sin against the King’s English, on the ground that one negative canceled the other.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
