Timeline for The grammaticality of "that don't impress me much"
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| Jan 5, 2020 at 20:49 | comment | added | Lambie | Code switching is when a speaker of one dialects chooses to speak another one. But imitation by songwriters and authors is not code switching. And some songwriters might even have that speech and not be imitating it at all. | |
| Jan 5, 2020 at 20:41 | comment | added | Lambie | It is most definitely not a case of code switching. It's how some people speak. And authors use it. That does not mean they are code switching. It is amazes me how many people simply do not understand what code switching really is! And I ain't kidding when I tell you that here and now, I am code swichin'. | |
| Dec 1, 2016 at 10:32 | comment | added | flith | Of course, one could replace don't with won't in that lyric, and (more or less) maintain both the intent and the rhythm of the line, while being more grammatically correct in terms of 'proper' English. | |
| Oct 30, 2012 at 11:00 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 30, 2012 at 19:04 | history | edited | HaL | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 25, 2012 at 15:38 | comment | added | David Watts | Surely that is not the only reason either. Replace the word don't with doesn't and try and sing it without it sounding silly. Rhythm plays a big part in the word choice when song writing occurs, especially if the music is written first. Richard Marx explained that this was the reasoning behind the song "Don't Mean Nothing". He even proved it by trying to sing "Doesn't Mean Anything" with aesthetically painful, though perfectly grammatical, results. | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 19:05 | history | edited | HaL | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2011 at 15:06 | vote | accept | Andrea Spadaccini | ||
| Mar 26, 2011 at 2:04 | history | answered | HaL | CC BY-SA 2.5 |