Timeline for Can I omit repeated words
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| Nov 28, 2019 at 10:40 | comment | added | MikeB | Au contraire - the so-called "rules of grammar" were invented to try and formalise the mish-mash that is 'common usage'. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 23:38 | comment | added | Foogod | Being able to tell when something will be understandable to the listener and when it won't is precisely why the rules of grammar were invented, which is why grammar is important, and why English teachers teach it. (And an English teacher wouldn't have any problem with any of the OP's examples. They're all grammatically fine.) | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 14:51 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Teenagers definitely text that way, but I don't believe many of them they speak that way. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 14:16 | comment | added | MikeB | @PeterShor Heard teenager recently? | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 13:19 | comment | added | Peter Shor | This not correct; we not shorten sentences long as still understandable. Makes sound like idiots. Even though both OP examples fine. | |
| Nov 26, 2019 at 12:54 | history | answered | MikeB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |