04-10-2008, 07:48 PM
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Contributing User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Leicester, NC. USA.
Age: 48
Posts: 149
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Originally Posted by Ezequiel
I've always wanted to know why in some lyrics, texts or spoken english, people use 'don't' where ir should be 'doesn't'. I guess that (at least in song lyrics) it is a matter of space or rhyme, but I don't know if I'm right.
Is it a languaje deformation or a well written sentence?
I'm waiting for your answers!
PS: As you may have guessed, I'm not a translator =P
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Dear Ezequiel :
Just a few days ago, I was having a conversation with a 65-year-old man who is from New York. As we moved forward in our talk , he said "he don't read that part of the book I've been suggesting him.." -Right away, I broke in on the point he was making, and said " he don't ?". Immediately, he corrected himself and said "he doesn't ".
I've been told that this way in which some U.S.-people express themselves by avoiding a formal English, is because somehow they get tired of getting into grammatical specifications of the language. It is only used in spoken English, and of course, they are aware that it is quite incorrect.
At the beginning, I thought this was just another way for us English learners to find another pitfall in the learning process. However, we Spanish speakers have our own « indecipherable » words and sentences which sometimes give a little trouble to those who learn our language.
Languages..languages...
Regards,
seeker50. |
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