"It needs cleaned." is characterisitic of a regional dialect of American English. Standard English places the "to be" after need.

It is 'incorrect' only in the regional English which you are prescribing I'm not defending a regional dialect of English. I'm pointing out the correct form of the 3rd conditional spoken throughout England and other English

We do pronounce the 't' in a word such as county. It is heard more clearly in some regions than others but I've never heard, "Coun'y" in America. I believe some dialects on the British Isles do this but I will leave that

In some slang dialects, bad means "very good, admirable". The pronunciation is specific, though - the "a" is pronounced like "a" in "cat", but held for a long time. I've never heard an idiom "in

It makes it even more difficult when you look at the variations in the American Dialect. There is no "American Accent" --there are 7 recognized main divisions (Western/Californian, Upper Midwest, Midland, Southern, MidAtlantic,

History of English Language-Funny or reality? In the beginning, there was an island off the coast of Europe. It had no name, for the natives had no language, only a collection of grunts and gestures that roughly translated to Hey!Gimme!, and

Technically, yes, it should be "quickly". "Come quick" is (to me) idiomatic enough to pass in conversation without leaping out as a glaring error. "breathing heavy" isn't, and is wrong according to standard

"A sweat" is idiomatic and describes the physical condition of being sweaty. Example: I worked up a sweat in my morning exercise class. The use of an article before non-count nouns is idiomatic - sometimes we use it, and sometimes

Who has pretty much replaced whom is American dialect speech but technically, whomever is correct here. Who is for use with the subject of a phrase. Whom is for the object of a phrase. In the example 'I' is the subject and it is the

They are similar but different. Festival comes from 'to feast' and is usually centered in a specific location and is merrymaking where eating is the main event. Carnival comes from the Greek (and later Latin) root 'carne'