This is the question that I intend to answer in the following essay. First let's get a few things clear, Standard English is the dialect of English that is used when speaking in formal situations and normally when writing. It is the dialect that is understood throughout the English speaking world. Dialects on the other hand are a different form of English used by people from different areas and different groups, it is vital to understand that dialect is NOT inferior to Standard English but simply different.

Perhaps there would not have been any reason to write this essay if William Caxton brought the printing press to England in 1475 and decided to use an English form that came from the three main centers of learning in England (Oxford...