Staples Cosner's Corner store closing. Staples has announced that its Cosner's Corner location will be closing. A Fredericksburg-area Staples is closing its doors as the company shifts to a heavier online business model. The Staples in Cosnerâs Corner shopping center on U.S. 1 in Spotsylvania County will shut its doors on Feb. 14.
Standard English. n. The variety of English that is generally acknowledged as the model for the speech and writing of educated speakers, especially when contrasted with speech varieties that are limited to or characteristic of a certain region or social group.
1 The Grammar of Standard English. 2  The grammar of Standard English is much more stable and uniform than its pronunciation or word stock: there is remarkably little dispute about what is grammatical (in compliance with the rules of grammar) and what isn't. The Ongoing Debate. 2  It is in fact a great pity that the standard English debate is marred by the sort of conceptual confusions and political posturings (no matter how poorly expressed) . . .. 3  For I think there are genuine questions to be asked about what we might mean by standards in relation to speech and writing.