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also, "The way I like English to be spoken." WTF, did you invent it? They probably don't like the way you talk either.

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I take issue with this. Tx didn't invent the English language, but there are rules to speaking it. Most/all people deviate from correct grammar and syntax to varying degrees. That does not mean there is not a correct way.

Is it your opinion, NT!, that the speech you would expect to hear from a high school English teacher should be regarded as no better than what you would hear listening to an illiterate redneck? Apologies if I'm putting words in your mouth, but you seem to be indicating that one doesn't have the right to judge others' use or misuse of the English language.

Edit: And I'm not trying to suggest that everyone must conform and begin speaking perfect English. I know I don't. But there is a point when people's speech deviates so far from "correct" that they become difficult to understand, and reveal themselves to be generally pretty dumb. I don't think that kind of speech should be regarded as no less correct than what we might define as traditionally proper speech.

Edit 2: Deleted reference to Zeebo's post.