This contrasts with a view among non-linguists, at least in the United States, that languages as ideal systems exist outside the actual practice of language users. Based on work done in the US, Nancy Niedzielski and Dennis Preston describe a language ideology that appears to be common among American English speakers.
The Preamble is the opening statement to the United States Constitution. The preamble explains the reasons why the Framers of the Constitution made our government a republic. By doing this, the founding fathers replaced the Articles of Confederation.
Characteristic of a legal preamble, this one to the Charter of the United Nations is composed of elongated sentences that enumerate and outline the separate causes and goals represented by the charter as a whole. The entire preamble actually contains only two sentences--and only the first sentence is displayed here: