There is a general tendency to hyper-correction in English teaching, so it is essential to expound the relativity of correct English from the following dimensions: varieties of English, regional variants of English, and language change.

• 语言矫枉过正”是英语教学中长期存在而又被忽略的一个问题,因此,有必要从英语变体、语区域性变异、言变化的角度阐述英语正确性的内涵与实质。