Learning grammar completely by ear.

[Spencinator]

Originally posted by Raditzu
It was actually a joke, but I'll explain.

dialect
?noun
1. Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.

Meaning any grammatical mistakes in dialogue were intended.

When a writer puts their "voice" into their writing it means they write so it sounds like them. For example, I could have written the previous sentence like so: when a writer puts their "voice" into their writing it means they writein such a way as to express something about themselves.

The first version of that sentence is how I, myself, would have said it if you had been standing next to me. The second version is a colder, more text-book answer... thought I do that on occasion as well.

To say that a grammatical mistake was just your "voice" means that you intentionally made a mistake in in your writing to better convey, to the reader, how you, the author, think/speak/feel as an individual.

So if someone says "wtf you're making all these mistakes" you come back with "pfft, haven't you ever heard of 'voice/dialect'!?" And then do one of those little "heh" laughs like you didn't think someone that stupid actually existed.

Though I don't suggest trying that with a teacher.

Oooooooh, now I get it. XD Thank you for explaining it to me. =)