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!

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The writer has deliberately used incorrect grammar here, to indicate that it is an uneducated person speaking.

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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.

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