The truth is that government employees are the true 1%. We have far too many of them (21 million), many of them are paid too much, and their union demands are straining taxpayers to the breaking point.
Standard English is the English we use in grammar books and has nothing to do with accent (how we say something). Standard English is the grammar used by Americans, Canadians, Australians, British, Indians, Caribbeans etc. Non-Standard English is what most of us use and is all about the place we grew up in. It's about cultural identity, history and pride.
Modern English (sometimes New English or NE as opposed to Middle English and Old English) is the form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, which began in the late 15th century and was completed in roughly 1550.nfluences [edit]. Early Modern English lacked uniformity in spelling, but Samuel Johnson 's dictionary, published in 1755 in England, was influential in establishing a standard form of spelling.