Here's from an old song (1963) "" by Lesley Gore.       She don't know that she's a lucky girl   Here's another example, "Silence is Golden" (1964) by The Tremeloes [YouTube ]      Oh, don't it hurt deep inside to see someone do something to her.   I wonder how common it is to say "She don't" or "don't it". Do native English speakers often use these?  By the way, Lesley Gore is American, and the Tremeloes is British.
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Which one of the statements below is correct?   He don't have knowledge about others. He doesn't have knowledge about others.
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I have always been intrigued by the word usage in the title of this . Wikipedia mentions that the song was influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads:     Dylan recalled writing the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the moment. In 1985, he told Cameron Crowe: "This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of course by the Irish and Scottish ballads ...'Come All Ye Bold Highway Men', 'Come All Ye Tender Hearted Maidens'. I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way. The civil rights movement and the folk music movement were pretty close for a while and allied together at that time.    Is there a dialect where the form a-&lt;gerund> is common? e.g. a-cooking, a-cleaning, etc.  If so, in what context would you use the form a-&lt;gerund>?
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In the song, you can hear how she pours her heart out with such   intense emotions in her clear, powerful voice, complaining why   everything in her life has gone so wrong. Please just listen to her   voice and see how she wails; the wails that were not only for her but   also for all those who across generations have found themselves in   her situation.   Can you tell me whether the "have found" written on the fourth line (bold) of the previous sentence is the correct tense to be used? Should it just be "found" instead of "have found"? Please tell me the grammatical reason for it. Or if you feel the sentence should be written in an entirely different way?  Are any punctuation marks missing in the sentence?
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I first heard this phrase in an episode of Family Guy, and they're typically fans of referencing older shows and movies, especially from the 80s. So I'd assumed it was a fairly commonly known thing.  Then I came across it in a friend's novel. The novel is in a Southern American, older time setting, which is about where I'd expect to find examples of it.  Then I had a look online and couldn't find examples of the phrase or it's origin.  Is there such a phrase and origin? Or is this just a coincidence with people choosing something that sounds equally old-timey?
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I found the following phrase in a NYTimes article and I was pretty surprised that it wasn't corrected or edited out: "But when it comes to privacy and freedom, cash can't be beat.".  I am under the impression that this is incorrect grammar and the sentence should actually be "[...] cash can't be beaten." or "[...] you can't beat cash" but definitely not the one used in the article. Am I wrong here?  This sort of grammar is mostly only used in slang in England and I always thought that it was wrong but after a bit of googling, I'm not sure anymore. Is it just another difference between American and British English? I know it's really petty but I'm still interested in the answer!  Article link:
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Many times I have heard it while natives are speaking, specially Americans. I can not recall the contexts, perhaps they are very fast speaking. I wonder if any body here could give some hints in some contexts and provide some authentic examples they use in their speech evey day.  Many thanks in advance.
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Is this sentence correct?      I did it yesterday, but I’m not going to do it again.   I’m not sure about it. Should I replace “it” with “that”?         I did it yesterday, but I’m not going to do it again.    I did it yesterday, but I’m not going to do that again.    I did that yesterday, but I’m not going to do it again.    I did that yesterday, but I’m not going to do that again.       Are all versions correct?
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When somebody uses the phrase "not uncommon", do they mean "common" because of the double negative?  I was recently informed that "not uncommon" could imply that something was anything but uncommon (e.g. rare), whereas I thought that rare would be a subset of uncommon and that saying it was not uncommon must mean it is common.
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Q: "Don't you know?"   If I really don't know, how should I respond to this question? Yes or No?  There's a similar question on EL&amp;U, but the answer isn't clear how it works:      Also here on ELU too:      These answers are confusing. I want to know what one word answer I can use. In other words I want to know:   What will native speakers understand if I reply No to this question? What will native speakers understand if I reply Yes to this question?
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Here are three ways to say the same thing. I wonder if there are particular rules regarding to the position of adverb phrases:     Then play those passages over and over again in your memory   Or,     Then play those passages in your memory over and over again   Or,     Then play over and over again those passages in your memory   I think the last is the worst choice but the first twos seem ok. The first is better because "over and over again" is closer to "play" so it is emphasized. Agreed?
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I was listening to Eminem's song Stan. I noticed in one verse he says:        But she don't know you like I know you Slim...      At first I didn't believe my ears, but when I read out the lyrics I got astonished. I further searched on Google and found on some other forums that this type of incorrect grammatical usage is either intentional (for some linguistic reasons) or the speaker is uneducated!       So my question is:      What is the purpose of this type of intentional misuse of grammar? How does it appear to native English speakers?      Thank you.
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If she be found guilty… ()   I got a curiosity what difference there is when I put ‘is’ instead of ‘be.’ The dictionary says ‘is’ is used in spoken language. Is that all? Is there no semantic difference at all?
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I just came across this weird use of &quot;need not&quot; on :  Madam/sir, My daughter is stuck in Uk . She has lost her  . She is difficult to return back India home [sic]. Please help  In response,  says:  She need not worry. She should stay where she is. Just tell her to keep herself safe. Please delete your tweet.  Shouldn't it be &quot;she doesn't need to worry&quot; or &quot;she needs to not worry&quot; given that the subject is &quot;she&quot; (singular)? Or is this some kind of grammatical construction I don't know? I believe who wrote it was a native speaker of English and they might be correct. Can someone explain this please?
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Yesterday, I've listened to a song called "Fear not this night". I find the syntax unusual (as a foreigner, I have never encountered it). Is it the same meaning as "Don't fear this night" ? What's the slight difference between these 2 ?  Thank you for your time.
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I have heard many (rather most) people, especially in the USA, saying:      I don't know nothing about it.   Is that correct? I always get a weird feeling hearing this and feel the correct one would be saying:     I don't know anything about it.
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Modern English seems to require this verb in several circumstances, where most other European languages don't seem to need it. (See? I just used it.)    For example, in questions: "Do you have a dog?" Whereas, "Have you a dog?" would be normal in other languages or in the English of days gone by.    Another example: "I do not know him." Again, "I know him not," could be used, but sounds stilted nowadays.    So, where did this 'do' come from?
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I am not a native speaker myself and would like to inquire about a particular usage of "this".   Here's an example from the Corpus of Contemporary American English  : "Anyway, the first mistake I made was I thought the finger bowl was the soup. So I went to get my spoon and to go to the finger bowl and this lady nicely said, that's not the soup. I said, oh, OK.".    My question is: how is "this" understood in the context above (highlighted with bold)? It seems, from the broader context, that it occurs for the first time in the narration, so is it correct that it can be substituted with "a/an" in this context? How frequent is this phenomenon? Is there a special condition for using "this" in that way in narration?