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- noun The state or condition of being
nonstandard .
Etymologies
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nonstandard + -ness
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Examples
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So proponents should adopt and use “themself” until it gets promoted by use from non-word status through nonstandardness to accepted usage...
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On the connection between ‘educated usage’ and ‘correct usage, and on what kinds of ‘nonstandardness’ mayapply.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Hisself, My Son, and a Thought About Prescriptivism: 2009
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