Lately, a new English has developet in todays internationalised words. In class today, we were given a task to rewrite some of these sentences. The sentences that are:
1. You didn't see him, is it?
You didn't see him, did you?
Did you see him?
2. When you would like to go?
When would you like to go?
3. That man he is tall.
That man is tall.
He is tall.
4. Her jewelleries were stolen.
Her jewlerriy was stolen.
5. I am understanding it now.
I understand now.
I understand it now.
6. They two very good friends.
They are very good friends.
They were very good friends.
The two of them are good friends.
The two of them were very good friends.
7. Sushila is extremely a lazy gir.
Sushila is an extremely lazy gir.
8. When you leaving?
When are you leaving?
If you read the first sentence, you'll hear that it doesn't sound correct. You didn't see him, is it? Is it would be approprioate if we were asking a question about a sertain thing such as: "The grass is not wet, is it"? Or "This is not bad, is it"? The norms of standard written English would say that the correct form would be: "You didn't see him, did you"?. When you say "did" it's about a past tense. If you say "is", you are talking in the presens tense. Therefore, this sentence is wrong.
Sentence number two differs from the standard written English because the pronoun is placed before the actual verb. In some cases this can work out, but not here.
The third sentece isn't well written becuase it's about a man. When we know that it's a man, there's no need to write he right after. Simply "The man is tall" or "He is tall", would be enough for us to understand.
The final sentece is the following "When you leaving"?. You have to write "are" in order to write correctly according to the norms of standard written English. Even though you leave out the "are", people are going to understand what you mean, however, it's not grammatically corect.
Sources:
http://www.skagit.edu/news3.asp_Q_pagenumber_E_1051
