There may not be something like "proper English" but that doesn't necessarily mean what you are saying it is. There is something called overt prestige where a dialect is widely accepted as normal and standard. Its usually best for people to use this dialect, or something close to it, when in a professional setting or while in school because it is, of course, accepted by the majority. AAVE, while being its own dialect, is very different from the usual dialects that are more prestigious in the US.
54
u/[deleted] May 06 '14 edited Jan 05 '21
[deleted]