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Flowersa Posted 13 years ago
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Don't?

Sometimes I see phrases that doesn't seem to me logical like "This train don't stop" from Elton's song can you explain why and in what cases I will use don't and not doesn't?
  

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"don't" is often used in place of "doesn't" in songs because "don't" is shorter and therefore it fits the meter when "doesn't" probably wouldn't. Using it as a regular substitute for "doesn't" is not a good idea.

— Ozzourti

  • "don't" is often used in place of "doesn't" in songs because "don't" is shorter and therefore it fits the meter when "doesn't" probably wouldn't.
  • Using it as a regular substitute for "doesn't" is not a good idea.
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"don't" is often used in place of "doesn't" in songs because "don't" is shorter and therefore it fits the meter when "doesn't" probably wouldn't. Using it as a regular substitute for "doesn't" is not a good idea.
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Flowersa"This train don't stop" from Elton's song
For information on the use of ungrammatical expressions in song lyrics, see the following posts.





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