Language correction - Yes or No...?

[Noomininoo]

My DD1 is 3.8 yo & although she is an effective communicator, she often uses the wrong words, misses words out of her sentences &/or mispronounces certain words. Examples include her saying:

?I can?t know? instead of ?I don?t know?
?Please I have a ??? instead of ?Please may I have a ???
?Not forget? instead of ?Don?t forget?
?Its this I meaning? instead of ?I mean this?
?Singabrella? instead of Cinderella
?Bufferly? instead of ?Butterfly?
?Amimals? instead of ?Animals? etc?

Whilst this is all pretty minor stuff & I have no real concerns about her speech I am wondering if I should be correcting her when she says these things? Up until now I haven?t really as she always makes herself understood & I figured that, as long as we (DH & myself) speak properly she will eventually pick up the correct sayings/pronounciations by listening to us (I can?t imagine she?ll still be saying ?I can?t know? when she?s a teenager).

I have occasionally tried teaching her the correct pronounciations of things (eg when she says Singabrella) & although she does pronounce things correctly when you spell things out slowly for her (CIN-DER-RELL-A) the next time she says the word in a sentence she?ll mispronounce it again.

My worry is that if I keep correcting her she?ll rapidly get fed up/frustrated & may well stop communicating altogether.

So my question is ? is it better to correct her or should I just allow her to learn by osmosis by listening to me & DH.

I just repeat the correct phrase - So if she said "I can't know" I would reply - "oh, you don't know xxxx then"

So not correcting exactly - as in a "you're wrong" way but more like positive reinforcement ifyswim.

My dd is bilingual - I do this a lot.

I would just let her be and try to talk "correctly" myself. she should pick up eventually and at this age your discriptions above are very normal.

Some of those I'd let slide but where she's dropping a modal or auxiliary it might be worth just making her aware by repeating 'please...' and waiting for her to supply the may.

For I can't know/it's this I meaning paraphrase the correct form as a question or incorporate it into your answer eg you don't know? Okay, answer.

In the rush to convey what we want even adults drop words or syllables! The difference is we know which ones are permissible and which aren't.

Mispronunciations are normal. N/m are a fairly minimal pair phonetically and the differences will become clear when she sees them written down. Likewise bufferly - it might be difficult for her to get her tongue round t then f as they're also a relatively minimal pair. As long as she can pronounce all the phonemes in one context or another I wouldn't worry about her enthusiasm to communicate overriding clear and careful speech.