Grammatical explanation please

[Monty27]

Please tell me in detail the error in this sentence:

I am going shops.

Or even:

I am going to shops;

I am going the shops.

It should be

I am going to the shops.

Shouldn't it? Is this a trick?

Yes it should be that. Its not a trick. I really want to be able to tell people off when they speak like it (although I don't and wouldn't), but to appease my irritation I just want to understand why it irritates me so much.

Are those sentences missing prepositions for example? I don't understand why it irritates me so much. To me, it's not a proper sentence.

First one is missing the preposition (to), indicating direction/relationship and the definite article (the), showing whether it is a general or specific place you are going to.

All are colloquialisms associated with regional dialects and all are lazy

Baby needs fed.

See it all the time on here, makes me want to take a big red marker pen to the computer screen.

they are not proper sentences.

For example:

I going shops. There isn't enough information to be a complete sentence.
It could be:

I am going to the shops
I am going past the shops (on my way to...)
I am going near some shops, (do you need anything.)

When the 'the' is missing, it sounds wrong because English requires an arcticle, or some thing else.
I am going to a shop.
I am going to some shops
I am going to the shops.

Need + past participle instead of Needs + to be+ past participle is very common usage and no English language teacher would mark it as incorrect.

If an English language teacher did not mark that as incorrect when written I would say that teacher ought to be looking for a new job. Dialectical or local variations are one thing; written English another so far as I am concerned.

Wrong because it should be "I'm going the messages"

Haha Bert. I'm from nornirn.

I cannot stand they way people take shortcuts in the spoken language. I love dialect though.

Dreckly from South West England is one of my favorites :)

Oh I'm quite well spoken can articulate as my dcs can, educated in London and shoute at for using the dialect MaryZ.

Going bed now.

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