standard American English

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:General_American_accent
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:British_English
gptkb:Canadian_English
gptkbp:hasFeature distinct vocabulary
rhoticity
flapping of t and d
use of serial comma
flat a in 'cat'
periods and commas inside quotation marks
simplified spelling
use of 'analyze' instead of 'analyse'
use of 'center' instead of 'centre'
use of 'color' instead of 'colour'
use of 'defense' instead of 'defence'
use of 'fall' for autumn
use of 'gotten'
use of 'traveling' instead of 'travelling'
use of double quotation marks for direct speech
gptkbp:hasReferenceWork gptkb:Garner's_Modern_English_Usage
gptkb:The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style
gptkb:Garner's_Modern_American_Usage
gptkb:Merriam-Webster's_Dictionary
gptkb:Strunk_and_White's_The_Elements_of_Style
gptkb:The_Associated_Press_Stylebook
gptkb:MLA_Handbook
gptkb:APA_Publication_Manual
gptkb:American_Heritage_Dictionary
gptkbp:hasSpellingStandard gptkb:American_English_orthography
gptkbp:hasStandardPronunciation gptkb:General_American
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label standard American English
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
English
gptkbp:regulates no central authority
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:publisher
business professionals
educators
government position
news broadcasters
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:business
gptkb:government
gptkb:media
education
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Midwestern_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6