Editing English usage controversies (section)

===Education===
While some variations in the use of language correlate with age, sex, ethnic group, or region, others may be taught in schools and be preferred in the context of interaction with strangers. These forms may also gain prestige as the standard language of professionals, politicians, etc., and be called [[Standard English]] (SE), whereas forms associated with less educated speakers may be called nonstandard (or less commonly substandard) English.<ref name="Quirk 1985" />