This contrasts with a view among non-linguists, at least in the United States, that languages as ideal systems exist outside the actual practice of language users. Based on work done in the US, Nancy Niedzielski and Dennis Preston describe a language ideology that appears to be common among American English speakers.
The Preamble is the opening statement to the United States Constitution. The preamble explains the reasons why the Framers of the Constitution made our government a republic. By doing this, the founding fathers replaced the Articles of Confederation.
The Preamble's first-mentioned purpose of the Constitution, to form a more perfect Union, was likewise subjected to misreading by Anti-Federalists. More perfect may strike modern readers as a solecism or as an ambiguous depiction, for perfect is now regarded as an absolute term.