Language is largely an arbitrary collection of rules consensually agreed upon. It’s no wonder that throughout history, it has been the ruling classes that spoke the most “correctly” and the poor that spoke “incorrectly.” Grammar is a tool of social control.
It’s not bad grammar. It’s different grammar than the “Standard American English” most of us learned in school, and sometimes described as bad grammar for generally racist historical reasons.
What’s with people omitting the possessive apostrophe and letter S? The word “granny” reads like an adjective here
It seems to be a feature of African-American Vernacular English It seems to be well documented. This is one of the random websites that popped up when I searched for it.
Thats super cool, thanks for the link!
classic one is “baby momma” in general american would be “[my] baby’s mother”
Anyone else feel guilty when bad grammar is explained by aave? I understand it’s cultural but it feels patronizing af
Language is largely an arbitrary collection of rules consensually agreed upon. It’s no wonder that throughout history, it has been the ruling classes that spoke the most “correctly” and the poor that spoke “incorrectly.” Grammar is a tool of social control.
Free your mind.
It’s not bad grammar. It’s different grammar than the “Standard American English” most of us learned in school, and sometimes described as bad grammar for generally racist historical reasons.
Possessive determiners are adjectives.
It’s common in AAVE - nothing wrong with it
How do you know it’s supposed to have an apostrophe and an S though?
Context, but I do think that it’s important enough to not omit