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Is it correct to use "is " in this sentence?
Here is a sentence in the book I am reading, "It's getting dark early now, and them streets is dangerous." Is it correct to use "is " in this sentence? or should use "are"? And I also don't know why "them streets" instead of "the streets". Thanks!
16 juil. 2014 11:26
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The writer has deliberately used incorrect grammar here, to indicate that it is an uneducated person speaking.
16 juillet 2014
1
Su Ki is right. The author is using poor grammar in the dialogue because this is how the character speaks, with poor grammar. The correct grammar is: It's getting dark early now, and those streets are dangerous.
16 juillet 2014
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Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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