(‘Singlish does have grammar’)
Think Singlish has no grammar? This charming cartoon by Iskander shows otherwise. How many times have we had well-meaning foreign friends trying to talk like us but ending up making us laugh?
Although Singlish is very different from Standard English, that doesn’t mean it is completely haphazard. It has its own rules about what goes where, and when; and what you can or cannot say — in other words, its own grammar.
Although Singlish is very different from Standard English, that doesn’t mean it is completely haphazard. It has its own rules about what goes where, and when; and what you can or cannot say — in other words, its own grammar.
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