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.
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.