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04-18-2011, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Trifectionx View Post
it is a proven fact that outsiders are treated more kindly and as a result language slip ups are ignored.
This is true anywhere in the world. About the only person I correct on English is my mom (former English teacher) and my wife (in a teasing manner, as she's not from the US—and only very rarely).

It would ruin a conversation to correct someone's English whenever they made a mistake.

Parents don't really correct their two-year olds' grammar, either, and the kids get along just fine within another two years before school.

School is for getting great grammar. The real world is for improving your flow.
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