English Rules
By campbell7882
@campbell7882 (24)
United States
September 14, 2008 11:49pm CST
Maybe I don't remember what I learned in basic English, but lately I have noticed a LOT of people saying, "I seen" in a sentence. From what I remember, it is either, "I saw" or "I have seen". Anyone have any responses?
3 responses
@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
15 Sep 08
You're right, it is "I have seen" or "I saw" depending on the sentence. Most of the time I noticed that a lot of foreigners are really having a hard time with the English language. And as long as they can communicate using "chopped" English, it's good for them. They don't really mind about the conjugation of the verbs or how it sounds. 
@campbell7882 (24)
• United States
15 Sep 08
This is true. I have co-workers who have English as their second language. They have stated that the English language is very hard to learn. I can see that with words like: eight & ate; there, their & they're; inVALid & INvalid; etc. One even said that her husband had trouble differentiating between the words cheap & sheep. And then on the other hand, me learning another language? Next to impossible!!!
@sreamsong (83)
• Nigeria
15 Sep 08
"i seen" is not in concord with basic english rules but who knows? It might be someday because english like most other languages grows on a daily basis.
