Bad grammar, is it acceptable?

[sandrajo]

Does grammar bother you? Do you find yourself correcting people when they don't say things right?

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[whiskeryron]

I would love to correct bad grammar but I'm afraid it is generally regarded as bad manners.Ron.

[Cowtipper]

I think its presumptuous. There's a little town called Cairo in Southern Illinois. Its pronounced Kay-row instead of Ki-row. I've had people try to correct me when I say it but its what its called. I said "burglarized" to somebody from Cambridge once and they said it wasn't a word. I said "burgled" sounded too much like "buggered" and I wasn't going to use it.

[coli05anna00]

you speaks the way you speaks! do find myself talking proper if im around people who speak good Queens english tho!

[starone]

I think it is best to keep your mouth shut unless you want a bunch of fives in it, or even two lovely black eyes. People do not like being corrected.

[gazzawazza]

I do it sometimes but only with people who know I'm only joking. I wouldn't dream of correcting everybody, besides, I know that there are many times when I use bad grammar myself.

[gazzawazza]

And I'm quite happy to be corrected, I would love to know that I'm speaking correctly, even if some people don't care.

[sara3]

I don't do it, but I correct everyone's errors (on paper) when I'm at work because that's part of my job.

[mike11111]

There is a difference between grammar and pronunciation.

[starone]

P.S. Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes,
Only for telling a man he was wrong, two lovely black eyes.

Don't know how to do the music signs, but it is a part of an old music hall song.

[cc1]

Bad written grammar bugs me more, on my Bucket list is Take a red marker pen out wherever I go and correct apostrophe's. (Don't even bother, it's called irony)

[Arksided]

there's nothing wrong with a bit of bad grammar if it's used correctly.

but no it's fine to me. I however find myself correcting pronunciation of words sometimes, a bit of a bad habit on my part but prefer to be corrected... sometimes.

[steg]

as long as i can sort of understand them, then there is no problem for me. I'm crap at grammar and all that stuff anyway

[bamberger]

When someone says "I ain't got nothing" I can't resist saying -"Oh so what do you have?"

[Cowtipper]

"There is a difference between grammar and pronunciation".
True. My native dialect is pretty horrendous in its use of grammar and pronunciation but the more I travel the more homogenized it gets. It bothers me more to read it than hear it for some reason.

[boxtops]

It's not acceptable, but sadly it's becoming the norm.

[Teddy_boy]

Did you mean " when they don't say things correctly "?

[seadogg]

The only time to correct bad grammar, as far as I am concerned, would be as a way of getting back at someone being pretentious or generally objectionable. Dialect or regional speech is fine in my book.

[Arti]

Some things bother me, mainly written stuff eg apostrophe abuse/omission, but I'm nowhere near as anal as I used to be and find that it's all part of a diverse society.

[RATTER15]

Bad grammar is bad grammar but to correct somebody when what they are saying is perfectly understandable is just pedantic, I'm severely Dyslexic along with over 10% of the population, this often affects written grammar and punctuation. I really don't understand the need to correct people unless you don't understand what they are saying.

[mike11111]

"Knock Knock!
"Who's there?"
"It is I" is the pedant's reply.
"It's me! is the educated person's response.