I would say "not the grammar" since many users are not native English speakers and have learned it as a second (or third, fourth...) language. ๐โโ๏ธ๐
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When someone says "I seen".
No, you saw. Or you have seen.
It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
what gets me is when people interpret the use of different english dialects as a negative reflection on their character. demanding strict adherance to prescriptivist standards of grammar seem to me to be a sign of poor education.
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