nonstandard
Collocations
4ADJ.
english, mean, overt, wrong
VERB + NONSTANDARD
form
NONSTANDARD + NOUN
it's, pronunciation, varieties
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Not standard.
Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates: (91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)
noun
Something that is not standard.
Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.
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6The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
WiktionaryUnlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.
WiktionaryThis pronunciation is nonstandard.
Tatoeba · #5933778This is a nonstandard pronunciation.
Tatoeba · #5933779This verb form is nonstandard.
Tatoeba · #5933780Just because a pronunciation is nonstandard doesn't mean it's inferior.
Tatoeba · #5933792