See Ya Sundee...
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We found this sign on Chestnut Street between 18th and 19th. And that, really, is all we have to say about that.
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To shame on people. I guess they didn't take Mrs. Krabappel's class from The Simpsons.
"Me fail English, that's umpossible."
Speaking as a Canadian observer, I wonder why Americans tend not to use the past participle when it ought to be used.
"It must have fell out of his pocket" is a howler of an example. Why did the person not use "fallen"? I hear other examples--mostly from undereducated persons--and there should not be any reason for this except bad schooling.
Is there something about irregular verbs that is the pons assinorum for Americans? I hope not.