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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
Oh god, you're killing me.
The grammatical nazi's are taking over but I want you to know that there is a linguistical rebel force, spreading the gospel of "living language."
No one pines about not being able to "correctly" use "be" anymore, as in "we be going."
You know, this inspires me, I hate the word "correctly." Its so judgemental.
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I realize that English is a living language but it's still wrong and will always be wrong since it's a mistake with the actual tense. Yes English changes and adapts throughout the years and of course in casual conversation it's not that important, but certain grammar points, such as tense formation, aren't going to change. It just bugs me when people make those kind of mistakes. It doesn't matter to me where you're from or what kind of slang you use, some mistakes just always make you sound ignorant in my mind and saying "should of" or "could of" is one of them since it shows that you can't use present perfect correctly in your own language.
Also, I would cringe if I heard someone say "we be going."
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