The current school of thought on English language usage is that there is no wrong or right / correct or incorrect usage of grammar amongst native speakers. If a person speaks in the vernacular, then it is correct for them. (I'm not really opening this can of worms but see David Crystal et al).
But clearly the way that another person speaks or writes is important to understanding who they are and what they are trying to get across. Which is about tone, style, vocabulary etc, and I think it's important not to sanitise this voice.
As it happens in this case you have a personal statement written by a young man who is training to be a carpenter not not copywriter, the communication is 'direct speech' and clear as a 'Bell'.
And I didn't alter a word. If there is fault in that then the fault is mine. |