Here's a cool website. I was just made aware of it recently through the podcast A Way With Words. The Yale Grammatical Diversity Project has studied the syntax (arrangement of words and phrasing) of the different regions for several phrases and colloquialisms.
What I like best about it is that it doesn't say that one way is correct or incorrect. It's a reflection of the backgrounds of those various areas.
I especially like the interactive map where you can click on the different phrasings and see where they are more common.
As a word nerd (who has admittedly been called the Grammar Police before), I love stuff like this.
What I like best about it is that it doesn't say that one way is correct or incorrect. It's a reflection of the backgrounds of those various areas.
I especially like the interactive map where you can click on the different phrasings and see where they are more common.
As a word nerd (who has admittedly been called the Grammar Police before), I love stuff like this.
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