In African American dialect, is it “I like” or “I likes”?
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Following the rules of African American dialect, one rule is to drop the 's' on a verb when using third person singular, i.e. "she like, he like" - my question is - for the first person singular, would "I likes" be correct in dialect, or should it be "I like"? without the 's'?
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Following the rules of African American dialect, one rule is to drop the 's' on a verb when using third person singular, i.e. "she like, he like" - my question is - for the first person singular, would "I likes" be correct in dialect, or should it be "I like"? without the 's'?
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Following the rules of African American dialect, one rule is to drop the 's' on a verb when using third person singular, i.e. "she like, he like" - my question is - for the first person singular, would "I likes" be correct in dialect, or should it be "I like"? without the 's'?
verbs dialects aave
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Following the rules of African American dialect, one rule is to drop the 's' on a verb when using third person singular, i.e. "she like, he like" - my question is - for the first person singular, would "I likes" be correct in dialect, or should it be "I like"? without the 's'?
verbs dialects aave
verbs dialects aave
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