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Well, the concept of "Standard English" is just that... a concept, and not an actual form of language. Many English speakers can recognize a grammatical mistake when they see one, but ask someone to recite rules of spelling and/or grammar, and most fall to pieces. Without racking your brain for examples, do you know the grammatical explanation for when a "g" sound is hard (g'uh) or soft (j)? I didn't, until I sat down and thought about it*. There isn't an English speaker alive who follows all of the rules of "proper speech." The true English language is basically just an amalgam of people speaking improperly.
/minored in English
* The "g" sound is soft when followed by a soft e (gentle, geriatric, longevity). In all other cases, the "g" sound is hard (gape, geese, good, monger, amalgam).
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