• Markers reported that Standard Grade candidates at all levels made wholehearted attempts to produce writing of a high standard.

    BBC: Scottish exam markers find errors in basic English

  • "It is the case that at about 3200 BC the first cuneiform tablets were written that we really do recognise as being representations of language, that being the standard definition of writing, " he said.

    BBC: Iraq honours the word

  • Writing in the London Evening Standard ahead of the review's publication, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper indicated the opposition could support measures that it believed were in the national interest rather than coalition politics.

    BBC: An armed officer

  • On the whole, the standard of critical writing is high and does what the best criticism ought to do, encouraging you to enjoy the beauty of the text in question while also appreciating its value.

    ECONOMIST: Canons of conflict

  • The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes was writing about "big government conservatism" back in 2003.

    CNN: Commentary: GOP's "small government" talk is hollow

  • At meetings and conferences, filter-tipped cigarettes were standard features on the podium alongside writing pads, pencils and ashtrays.

    CNN: China clouded in cigarette smoke

  • Such a standard meant that Thomas was implicitly writing out of existence decades of precedent on the Eighth Amendment.

    NEWYORKER: Partners

  • In addition to the essay section, the Writing section of the SAT tests the deviation between standard written English and the way we actually speak the language.

    NPR: Should You Take the SAT or the ACT?

  • Writing should be well organised and in paragraphs, using standard English.

    BBC: What do Sats test levels mean?

  • Last year's figures showed 77% of 11-year-olds had reached the required standard in English - comprising both reading and writing - up from 75% in 2003.

    BBC: Critics say nationwide school tests are too stressful

  • When not writing, he was reading voraciously or playing the flute to professional standard.

    ECONOMIST: Historical biography

  • He says "Homeland, " which Fox 21 produces, is "the standard-bearer" of this trend, with a writing staff whose average age is more than 52.

    WSJ: Homeland: The Making of TV's Hottest Show

  • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which publishes the actual rules that Wi-Fi devices reference, said its standards-writing process is running ahead of schedule and should publish the new standard before year's end.

    WSJ: Higher-Speed Wi-Fi? Not So Fast

  • But writing in liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz, journalist Anshel Pfeffer said the cartoon was "not anti-Semitic by any standard".

    BBC: Sunday Times acting editor apologises for cartoon

  • In an interview published in Kenya's East African Standard on May 15th, Mr Mugabe says he is tired of politics and wants to spend more time writing.

    ECONOMIST: Zimbabwe

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