I have been listening a Beatles song, and John says:
" she’s got a ticket to ride,
but she don’t care. "
I think that is wrong, and should say:
BUT SHE DOESN´´T CARE
Surely you will can help me !
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You are correct, but:
- It wouldn’t scan if it was ‘doesn’t’
- The very fact that it is ungrammatical makes ‘don’t’ sound stronger than ‘doesn’t’
In this case “don’t” is just a colloquial term for “doesn’t”. Someone correct me if I’m wrong…
Yes: “he / she / it don’t care”, is a regional or colloquial variation, it’s not standard, but you’d hear often enough in conversation.
I write ‘doesn’t’ … but say ‘don’t’
but then I say ‘us’ when I mean ‘me’. ‘Give it us’, instead of ‘give it to me’.
Thanks everybody!
Here are a few other songs with BAD–oops Poor–grammar:
– “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones – should be “i cant get any satisfaction”
– “Who You Gonna Call? (Ghostbusters)” – should be “Whom Are You Going to Call?”
– What’s Love Got To Do With It?" by Tina Turner – should be “What’s Love Have to Do with It?”
And don’t get me started on Justin Bieber.
Well back to LingQing.
M
Well…If you think music from the 60s and 70s has bad grammar… you will be horrified by today’s American music
I once heard an American rap song which contained the line “we was humpin”; I can remember thinking: ‘no, no, surely they mean “we were humping”??’ 
Yeah usage of ‘don’t’ is correct. Its not standard validation but normally in conversation ‘don’t’ is used.