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David Little Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
WAS,WERE doubt in the movie Forrest Gump
Happy Christmas and NewYear greetings friends
Recently I watched this movie "FORREST GUMP".In that movie at one point I observed a diagolue which is as follows:
Tom Hanks: "We was like family me and Jenny"
Then when I watched the movie again I observed they were using "was" in all the places where I thought they should have used "were".Is this ok in speech or should we use only "were" and not "was".Now I have heard many say that spoken english Grammar is a lot different from the written one.
Thank you.
Recently I watched this movie "FORREST GUMP".In that movie at one point I observed a diagolue which is as follows:
Tom Hanks: "We was like family me and Jenny"
Then when I watched the movie again I observed they were using "was" in all the places where I thought they should have used "were".Is this ok in speech or should we use only "were" and not "was".Now I have heard many say that spoken english Grammar is a lot different from the written one.
Thank you.
Top answer
e. he is not properly educated. This is not an uncommon colloquial and dialectical usage.
- e.
- he is not properly educated.
- This is not an uncommon colloquial and dialectical usage.
- It is to be avoided in written formal English.
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It is to indicate Forrest Gump's humble background - i.e. he is not properly educated. This is not an uncommon colloquial and dialectical usage.
It is to be avoided in written formal English.
It is to be avoided in written formal English.
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David LittleHappy Christmas and NewYear greetings friends
Recently I watched this movie "FORREST GUMP".In that movie at one point I observed a diagolue which is as follows:
Tom Hanks: "We was like family me and Jenny"
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I'm sure you also realized that Forrest didn't have great intellectual capability. Don't blame it all on his humble, Southern heritage - his mother spoke fine English, if I recall. My father is from a humble, Southern heritage, and he would not speak that way.
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