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The_patr1ck Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"The way I are" - how is it possible?

I have been wondering for quite a long time how such a title of Timberland's song is possible. Isn't it just ungrammatical? I was looking for the answer in an article concerning Black English Vernacular, but I didn't find anything.
  

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I think it's as correct as "I ain't", that is correct only very colloquially. It is ungrammatical.

— Pieanne

  • I think it's as correct as "I ain't", that is correct only very colloquially.
  • It is ungrammatical.
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I think it's as correct as "I ain't", that is correct only very colloquially.

It is ungrammatical.
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I don't think it's grammatical, not even in the singer's dialect. Actually, I don't even remember hearing "the way I are", but it sounded more like "the way I'm are". If I'm not mistaken, I remember reading they only chose to use that weird grammar structure for stylistic reasons, but I'm not sure.
PS: I just listened to it, and it seems he needs to make it rhyme with "the way you are" ....
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"The way I'm are" is at least as bad as "the way I are"!
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