Non-standard

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of nonstandard. alt-of, alternative

    "By 1932, nearly all the odd non-standard engines, which the L.M.S.R. and the L.N.E.R. had acquired at the grouping, had disappeared."

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aberrantalienbadbookycapriciouschangeable

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"There are many people in the world studying English, so English people are used to learners' non-standard accents, their grammatical errors and so on."

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