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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No she is not. Most kids I know use proper grammar from a young age. [/quote] Yes, this.[/quote] On the contrary, when your child speaks this way, he or she sounds a pedant who precisely follows proscriptive grammar rules. That's a great way to mark themselves at a young age as someone who cares more about arbitrary rules than as someone who wants to communicate or be understood. Frankly, this sounds like the behavior of a child on the spectrum.[/quote] I think your child is amazing and you should not try to discourage her to dumb down her speech. The other kids got it. That's what matters. In a global community and a society where other languages (ie Spanish) are becoming in some places more standard than English, this minutia regarding standard, slang, too proper, etc... will take a back seat to just being understood. [/quote]
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