Bob Hutchins
@BobHutchins · 3:31
Is Grammar Really That Important?
Have it your way. The correct version is have it your ways. This isn't necessarily incorrect, but it could be considered nonstandard English. Your way is singular, which implies there's only one way that the customer would want something. Your ways would mean there are multiple ways the customer might want their order, which is likely more accurate. Brand wheaties the breakfast of champions. Okay, the correct grammar here is the breakfast for champions. The preposition of implies ownership
The first that comes to mind is going back a bit milk. It does a body good
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Franklin Finds Out
@FFO · 4:32
They're kind of almost arbitrary and they're just like, you're just kind of looking at it. It's not that big of a deal. It's annoying. I will agree with that in some of those. It's just like, it can be frustrating. But again, that's again, that native English speaker mentality of like, why are they phrasing it that way? And I don't know if it's just because English is that difficult
Bob Hutchins
@BobHutchins · 1:34
First of all, thank you for your comment. And to answer your question, no, I am not an English teacher, just someone who is interested in language and media. I completely agree with everything you said. I think that everything is contextual. And the thing about context is it evolves and it change changes as societies change, as times change, as cultures change. And so it's really interesting
Franklin Finds Out
@FFO · 2:11
So it's something that brand people advertisers marketers and people in that profession really have to be very cognizant of because it can have a potentially detrimental impact on penetrating that market. So language is a funny thing, which is why I've always been fascinated by it. I've been trying to learn other languages as well. I'm pretty good at identifying languages, but I'm not so good at speaking other languages
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 2:31
You. Hey, Bob. This Erica souljourney one. K, how are you? This is another great topic of yours. Is grammar really that important? And in my opinion, it's not that important depending on what sector that you're in. If you are an English teacher or you're writing textbook books and also in certain capacities at work, then sure, grammar is important because you want to communicate effectively
Bob Hutchins
@BobHutchins · 2:28
And so I guess the other door that I would open here for conversation is, are there potentially grammatically incorrect ways of saying things that not only are okay and acceptable, but actually are potentially necessary in order for the specific culture or environment that you're speaking to? To hear what you're saying or to listen to what you're saying?
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 2:38
Hey, Bob, I just heard your response, so I decided to jump on here real quick before I go back to work, because that's a very good question. What are the parameters as far as speaking to the audience? And I think you mentioned about Gen Zers. And then you have the Gen X. The Gen Y's. This is why it's important for those who are either entrepreneurs or content creators to understand their audience