King's English

Example Sentences

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He, however, is so wrapped up in his studies of phonetics that his only interest in Eliza is her appalling command of the king's English.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2011

All concerned murder the king's English, but in a grand, Gaelic manner.

From Time Magazine Archive

It shows that until about 40 years before Abraham Lincoln entered public life, the Lincolns were a wealthy and distinguished family of ironmasters who spoke the king's English.

From Time Magazine Archive

Episcopalians seem to be polls apart It was in 1549 that the Church of England forsook the Latin liturgy and began worshiping in the king's English.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have seen Deerfoot shocked more than once at the horrible style in which you mangle the king's English.

From The Lost Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester