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Gamboler Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
If we goes...
From the audio of an old American movie:
Detective Benson, LAPD: "We'll need a dozen men to cover the place if we goes with the bungalows one at a time".
Is it correct to say "if we goes"?
You can hear the "es" ending clearly in the audio track. I think that Benson must have said :"if we go" in the sense of "if we search"
Is there any reason for that? Is it because he is using subjuntive mood or just a mispronunciation?
Detective Benson, LAPD: "We'll need a dozen men to cover the place if we goes with the bungalows one at a time".
Is it correct to say "if we goes"?
You can hear the "es" ending clearly in the audio track. I think that Benson must have said :"if we go" in the sense of "if we search"
Is there any reason for that? Is it because he is using subjuntive mood or just a mispronunciation?
Top answer
If he definitely says "we goes" then it is a non-standard or dialect form. You do sometimes hear these; for example, where I live you hear some people say things like "He goes like ... ".
- If he definitely says "we goes" then it is a non-standard or dialect form.
- You do sometimes hear these; for example, where I live you hear some people say things like "He goes like ...
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If he definitely says "we goes" then it is a non-standard or dialect form. You do sometimes hear these; for example, where I live you hear some people say things like "He goes like ... and I goes like ...".
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Yes, GPY. I see what you mean.
In other scene of this movie the same character (Benson) pronounces clearly "she stealed the ring" instead of "she stole the ring". Maybe it's some kind of L.A. dialect or just an illiterate cop.
By the way, where do you live?
In other scene of this movie the same character (Benson) pronounces clearly "she stealed the ring" instead of "she stole the ring". Maybe it's some kind of L.A. dialect or just an illiterate cop.
By the way, where do you live?
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