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strkenlast Sunday at 4:28 PM1 replyview on HN

> If native speakers say something, then it's grammatically correct.

In their dialect, sure. In any given dialect, who knows?

Any speaker of a dialect that isn't West Coast American has likely watched actors who live in Los Angeles try, and fail, to speak their dialect.


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umanwizardlast Sunday at 5:07 PM

Of course. Just like what I’m writing now isn’t grammatically correct Spanish or Chinese.

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