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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoYes. Very common in the south, and in less educated communities
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoI’ve heard “fence needs fixin,” but not this - “needs fixed” mixes tenses too 🤔
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 month agoI think some people are working to break our understanding of grammar and word definitions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month 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
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
I mostly hear trades people say it
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