What tense?

These are a colloquial shortened version of the present perfect tense, "How have you been?" "What have you been doing?"

The shortened version is ungrammatical, but common in casual speech.

Why do people use it when it's ungrammatical? Makes no sense at all.

Hi,

Here are some possible reasons.

Shorter, easier and quicker to say.

Lots of other people say this, so why shouldn't I?

Lack of education.

Lack of love for the English language.

When native speakers speak your language, do they always use perfect grammar?

Best wishes, Clive

That's the thing...My native language is English but the lack of neither a good education nor/or/and solid foundation has/have really impeded my writting skills. So it frustrates me when I hear grammatically incorrect communication because it's hard for me to decipher which is right or wrong due to my own inability . And then I come on this forum to ask you guys!

Please

Hi,

That's the thing...My native language is English but the lack of both a good education and a solid foundation has really impeded my writing skills. So, it frustrates me when I hear grammatically incorrect communication because it's hard for me to decipher which is right or wrong due to my own inability . And then I come on this forum to ask you guys!

Clive

Why is it has when there are two reasons? Both lack of education and a weak foundation?

Shouldn't it be have really impeded my writing skills?

Has goes with lack, not the prepositional phrase.

Why does it go with lack instead of the prepositional phrase?

Hi,

The subject is 'lack' The prepositional phrase just adds some descriptive information about the lack. You could omit the prepositional phrase.

Clive