How common is this error?
There is a joke in movie "12 angry man":
First men says:
- He's a common, ignorant slob.
Second says:
- He don't even speak good English.
Third men sets right:
- He doesn't even speak good English.
How common is this error in USA? Maybe the joke is absurd?
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Answers · 2
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I would say it is fairly common among people who have not been well educated, and who don't read very much. But most native speakers of English know that he/she/it use "doesn't" and everything else uses "don't."
1
Not just in the USA! It's a running joke - and often true - that bigoted people are incapable of basic spelling and grammar skills.
I just checked Juror 10's other lines... he's a pretty sloppy speaker. The extra joke is that Juror 11 (who makes the correction) is not a native English speaker - he's a refugee from Europe, recently emigrated, and has a thick foreign accent.
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