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class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-19T12:00:23+00:00">February 19, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-24T18:10:43+00:00">January 24, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/author/lizwalter2/">Liz Walter</a></span></span><span class="cat-links">In <a href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/category/common-errors/" rel="category tag">Common errors</a>, <a href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/category/grammar/" rel="category tag">Grammar</a>, <a href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/category/the-english-language/" rel="category tag">the English language</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>Listen to the author reading this blog post.</em></p>  <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-20920-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" 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iStock / Getty Images Plus</figcaption></figure> <p>by <strong>Liz Walter</strong></p> <p>One of the best ways to learn a language is to go to a country where it is spoken, or to interact with speakers of the language in other ways. However, you are likely to come across some non-standard grammar. Some of these forms are very common, so it is useful to be aware of them. However, they are not considered correct, especially in formal contexts, and you will lose marks if you use them in exams. This post and my next one will look at a few such grammar points.</p> <p><span id="more-20920"></span></p> <p>Let’s start with the past simple form of the verb <em>to be</em>. In standard English, <strong>was </strong>is used after <em>I/she/he/it</em> while <strong>were </strong>follows <em>you/we/they. </em>You might, therefore, be confused to hear sentences such as the following:</p> <p><em>We was hungry.</em></p> <p><em>I thought you was going to cry.</em></p> <p>This usage is usually associated with less educated speakers and isn’t often seen in written English, but it is common, and it is also part of some regional dialects.</p> <p>Another common non-standard grammar point is the use of a ‘double negative’. In standard English, there is only one negative word in a sentence:</p> <p><em>He <strong>hasn’t</strong> got any money.</em></p> <p><em>She <strong>didn’t</strong> do anything wrong.</em></p> <p>However, it is common to hear double negatives, with two negative words in the sentence. As before, these are more associated with spoken English and with less educated speakers. It is also common to hear the informal word <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ain-t?q=ain%E2%80%99t"><strong>ain’t</strong></a> instead of <em>am not, isn’t, aren’t, hasn’t </em>and <em>haven’t</em>. It is not appropriate to use <strong>ain’t</strong> in formal writing:</p> <p><em>He <strong>ain’t</strong> got <strong>no</strong> money.</em></p> <p><em>She <strong>didn’t</strong> do <strong>nothing</strong> wrong.</em></p> <p>The final issue I’m going to look at today is the use of subject and object pronouns. It is extremely common to hear people use <em>I/me, she/her </em>and <em>he/him</em> incorrectly in compound subjects or objects with the conjunction <strong>and</strong>:</p> <p><em><strong>Me</strong> <strong>and my friends</strong> are going to the cinema.</em></p> <p><em><strong>Him</strong> <strong>and Maria</strong> have been dating for years.</em></p> <p>In standard English, these sentences would be:</p> <p><em><strong>My friends and I</strong> are going to the cinema.</em></p> <p><em><strong>He</strong> <strong>and Maria</strong> have been dating for years.</em></p> <p>This is because these sentences need a subject pronoun, not an object pronoun. Interestingly, some people try too hard and over-correct their pronouns, producing sentences such as:</p> <p><em>He gave the money to <strong>my friends and</strong> <strong>I</strong>.</em></p> <p>A simple rule for getting this right is to imagine you were <em>only </em>using the pronoun:</p> <p><em>He gave the money to <strong>me</strong>.</em></p> <p>The pronoun you use on its own is the one you should use when you add someone else using <strong>and</strong>:</p> <p><em>He gave the money to <strong>my friends and</strong> <strong>me</strong>.</em></p> <p>My next post will look at a few more non-standard grammar points that are very commonly used by people who speak English as their first language.</p> <div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-20920" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2025/02/19/we-was-hungry-understanding-non-standard-grammar-forms-1/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-twitter-20920" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2025/02/19/we-was-hungry-understanding-non-standard-grammar-forms-1/?share=twitter" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-reddit"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2025/02/19/we-was-hungry-understanding-non-standard-grammar-forms-1/?share=reddit" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Reddit" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon no-text" href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20We%20was%20hungry%3A%20understanding%20non-standard%20grammar%20forms%20%281%29&body=https%3A%2F%2Fdictionaryblog.cambridge.org%2F2025%2F02%2F19%2Fwe-was-hungry-understanding-non-standard-grammar-forms-1%2F&share=email" target="_blank" title="Click to email a link to a friend" data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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This is helpful. I have struggled with pronouns for years. </p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-18458032-253006-67b8c707b8a57' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=18458032&comment_id=253006&origin=dictionaryblog.cambridge.org&obj_id=18458032-253006-67b8c707b8a57' data-name='like-comment-frame-18458032-253006-67b8c707b8a57'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2025/02/19/we-was-hungry-understanding-non-standard-grammar-forms-1/#comment-253006"> <time datetime="2025-02-20T12:09:48+00:00"> February 20, 2025 at 12:09 pm </time> </a> <span class="reply"><a 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