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Dileepa dharmasiri Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Whether it is required to use "are" in the sentence?

I found the following sentence in a TV series. I would be really grateful if someone could let me know whether the fact that they have missed “are” was a mistake or not.


So when you getting married?



If I had written this sentence I would have added “are” to form the following sentence.


So when are you getting married?


Please note that the context of the conversation is very casual, that happens between two brothers while they are having fun.

  

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dileepa dharmasiri Please note that the context of the conversation is very casual Yes. Omitting the linking verb can happen in very casual speech, especially in questions. It's all right to know this so that you can understand fast casual speech when you hear it, but in my opinion it leaves a bad impression when a non-native speaker of English talks like that — unless they've lived in an English-speaking environment for many years and have, by chance, become accustomed to speaking that way with people who also speak that way.

— CalifJim

  • dileepa dharmasiri Please note that the context of the conversation is very casual Yes.
  • Omitting the linking verb can happen in very casual speech, especially in questions.
  • It's all right to know this so that you can understand fast casual speech when you hear it, but in my opinion it leaves a bad impression when a non-native speaker of English talks like that — unless they've lived in an English-speaking environment for many years and have, by chance, become accustomed to speaking that way with people who also speak that way.
  • CJ
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dileepa dharmasiriPlease note that the context of the conversation is very casual

Yes. Omitting the linking verb can happen in very casual speech, especially in questions. It's all right to know this so that you can understand fast casual speech when you hear it, but in my opinion it leaves a bad impression when a non-native speaker of English talks like

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"Swennyagettin married?" is usual around here.

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Standard English requires 'are', but lots of people don't muchknow or care about standard English, especially in a casual context.

Clive

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