Ok so...it's almost 12:30 and I really wish I could write a better response but I don't have the energy right now. So..here's my response:
Who is to say, really, what is “correct” grammar and what isn’t? I feel like this correct grammar is shoved down our throat, but what happens if we are taught something differently due to the way things are spoken at home? Perhaps in certain urban schools, the teachers speak in ebonics? Does that mean the students in that classroom are taught to speak incorrectly? Or just differently from the norm.
Now, I am an English major and I fully believe in every way, shape, and form, that there should be a certain ruling when it comes to what’s proper for the workplace, and what slang should remain at home. I just feel like sometimes we jump to conclusions too quickly when it comes to grammar.
For example, my mother is a very educated woman. She is a registered nurse and on her way to becoming Director of Nursing at the hospital, but when we are in our kitchen her grammar is so completely wrong that someone who doesn’t know her could claim her as unintelligent. She is anything but.
Therefore, I feel like we shouldn’t be so quick to jump to conclusions about people when it comes to grammar. It almost hurts me to say this, because of my major, and because anyone who knows me knows that I am such a stickler for grammar it’s ridiculous, but we need to be a little more lenient when it comes to grammar nowadays. I think there could be a good system if we actually thought about it in regards to grammar levels and systems of acceptance in this country.
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