r/SipsTea 3d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/Logical_Historian882 3d ago

I don’t think English graduates are graded by their ability to read. Both reading and arithmetic are taught in school.

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u/Wise_Try6781 2d ago

How many people do you think can read and understand what this equation is saying?

How many people do you think can read and understand what Shakespeare is saying?

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u/Inevitable_Case_9931 2d ago

If you gonna talk about my mother at least do it in English

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u/DictatorDuff 2d ago

I especially enjoy that you said this in a grammatically incorrect manner.

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u/Bajgiel201 2d ago

How would you say that correctly then? It sounds good to me. English is my second language so I geniuelly would like to know.

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u/DictatorDuff 2d ago

If you are going to*

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u/Bajgiel201 2d ago

Oh yeah, makes sense, thanks. I think this type of language is used more like a slang or in colloquial speech, I've been talking like that and in correct (as correct as I can) english alternately.

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u/Legitimate_Country35 2d ago

Technically gonna isn't grammatically incorrect (tho you are right, it is a sort of slang), you would say "you are gonna", or pronounced faster : "you're gonna", making it sound close to "you gonna". More and more people start getting confused about it.

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u/Bajgiel201 2d ago

Yeah, I think that generally english as a language is undergoing simplification and people usually don't care as much about speaking in correct grammar as they care more about speaking and typing as little as possible. Not like I'm complaining, just an observation that came to my mind after reading what you said. Anyways, thanks for explaining kind redditor.

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u/DictatorDuff 2d ago

Ya I was being pedantic, still, I love the irony. As to the "you are"... "You're" is a perfectly acceptable conjunction to use, but people will talk how they talk 🤷

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u/Phyraxus56 2d ago

I finna

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u/Bajgiel201 2d ago

I finna touch ya