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AIBU to expect educational professionals to use correct grammar when talking to children?

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nofunanymore · 24/11/2008 21:30

Everytime I hear a childminder, teacher or teaching assistant in a professional context using phrases like 'I seen it' or 'I done it', it totally grates on me. Is it the inevitable march of language, or am I justified in my annoyance?

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thumbwitch · 25/11/2008 22:28

now pedants- pull apart whether I should have written "an MSc" instead of "a MSc"

MrsWeasley · 25/11/2008 22:30

I am a CM and a TA and I speak proper to the children. Thank you

ManIFeelLikeAWoman · 26/11/2008 13:57

An.

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