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minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 year agoThis fight was lost decades ago, but I understand.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoIt won alot, but in the end it lost alotmore
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoTrue! How ain’t people not understand this?
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoSeriously, it disgusts me, but apparently we have to respect it. Big one for me is how no one says “to be” anymore. Like “fence needs fixed” rather than “fence needs to be fixed”
minus-squareDaPorkchop_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat? People say that? I’ve literally never heard anyone speak that way unless they were either non-fluent speakers or doing a caveman impression.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYes. Very common in the south, and in less educated communities
minus-squaremachinaeZER0@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve heard “fence needs fixin,” but not this - “needs fixed” mixes tenses too 🤔
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think some people are working to break our understanding of grammar and word definitions.
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago…I’m so glad I don’t live in the south
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoSame but it isn’t unique to
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve never heard it anywhere on the east coast
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI dislike some conservative forms but sometimes use other old forms because I like this. This is a free country. I don’t have strong feelings about English and you won’t be able to relate to the examples in my native language so I leave it here
This fight was lost decades ago, but I understand.
Did the alot win?
It won alot, but in the end it lost alotmore
Language evolves.
True! How ain’t people not understand this?
Seriously, it disgusts me, but apparently we have to respect it.
Big one for me is how no one says “to be” anymore.
Like “fence needs fixed” rather than “fence needs to be fixed”
What? People say that? I’ve literally never heard anyone speak that way unless they were either non-fluent speakers or doing a caveman impression.
Yes. Very common in the south, and in less educated communities
I’ve heard “fence needs fixin,” but not this - “needs fixed” mixes tenses too 🤔
It is horrific, we live in hell
I think some people are working to break our understanding of grammar and word definitions.
…I’m so glad I don’t live in the south
Same but it isn’t unique to
I’ve never heard it anywhere on the east coast
Yes, that is still the question
I dislike some conservative forms but sometimes use other old forms because I like this. This is a free country.
I don’t have strong feelings about English and you won’t be able to relate to the examples in my native language so I leave it here