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Formal Standard English

• Definition: The variety of English prescribed as the standard by language authorities; found primarily in written language and the most formal spoken language (e.g. spoken language which is based on a written form of the language).

  Source: American English, second edition by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes