@aby ESL here, that's one of the biases I need to constantly remind myself of. probably because of how The Only Proper Grammar has been drilled into my head over the years.
It angers me when we're told to learn the correct English (or whichever language) because "correct" has been determined by those whose ancestors stole the wealth and lands from the rest of us.
"Correct" is defined by those who have no right to be saying what's right and what's wrong.
I love language, all language, and all of it is correct.
@grb090423@aby indeed!
“Correct English” is a misnomer. The way English is spoken today bears no resemblance to how it was spoken hundreds of years ago, and there is a convincing theory that the grammar and syntax of English is effectively pidgin- a vastly simplified version of what was originally spoken.
For learners, this makes English very easy to speak badly, but very difficult to speak well.
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