Unstandardized

"Unstandardized" in a Sentence (2 examples)

English is an unstandardized language. It has a set of de facto rules. Colloquial English strays far enough from literary English that it could be considered broken. In literary English, we say, "About what is your book?" but colloquially, "What is your book about?" It is broken as it is.

He was well satisfied to be bashaw of an atoll, unused to greater comfort as he was, and enamored of reef and palm, and the lazy, unstandardized life of the South Seas.

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