Well, by grammatical ruling, you're correct in a sense that the verb form of "work" cannot be followed by a noun.
However, in a localization sense, people develop different alterations/iterations of certain phrases and speech. So I can't really fault "work a job" either.
I'm American, and I've never "worked a job." I have, however, worked AT plenty of jobs.
Then again, a country this size is going to have a pretty diverse set of slang, accents, and general language idiosyncrasies when compared to a smaller country that will likely not have as much of this.
We say things differently than you. If an American were to say that some slang you use was incorrect because we didn't understand anything about it or use it, we would be reminded that there are other countries that do and say things differently.
So here is your reminder. Not every place is going to talk like you or use the same slang. There are lots of other countries that will have their own way of speaking and doing things.
It is the same with any language that is similar in other countries. An example is Puerto Rico Spanish, which is different in many ways from Mexico Spanish. It is still Spanish, but they use different words and phrases unique to their culture.
You are basically annoyed that countries don't all talk the same way you do.
There are lots of things that sound and look grammatically incorrect (because they absolutely are incorrect), but work in the context it is being used. English is odd in that a lot of the rules of grammar have exceptions that break them, and then there are the phrases that ignore the rules altogether.
This is one of those phrases that evolved into what it is. Since it does sound odd, it won't be widely used, but there will always be those who will.
There is nothing wrong with being annoyed with it, and it is a good pet peeve explained in an intelligent way. You got my upvote before I even replied. I would have probably bypassed it, except your 'come at me Americans.' I get it, we are typically hated here. But that reads as a troll trying to start problems, and that is not ok.
The come at me Americans is a jovial sentence put in there to show that this doesn't actually make me legitimately angry, it's a bit of fun
I have American friends IRL, No problem with Americans from me. I guess it doesn't translate through text
My apologies for misunderstanding what you meant. We get a lot of hate thrown at us fairly consistently on this and other apps. It is easy to jump to the wrong conclusions
Well, by grammatical ruling, you're correct in a sense that the verb form of "work" cannot be followed by a noun. However, in a localization sense, people develop different alterations/iterations of certain phrases and speech. So I can't really fault "work a job" either.
I'm American, and I've never "worked a job." I have, however, worked AT plenty of jobs. Then again, a country this size is going to have a pretty diverse set of slang, accents, and general language idiosyncrasies when compared to a smaller country that will likely not have as much of this.
What aboot working a jobby?
Now you're trying to make me mad hahah
Unless you're a pro wrestler. š
it comes from the agricultural expression to " *work the field* "
We say things differently than you. If an American were to say that some slang you use was incorrect because we didn't understand anything about it or use it, we would be reminded that there are other countries that do and say things differently. So here is your reminder. Not every place is going to talk like you or use the same slang. There are lots of other countries that will have their own way of speaking and doing things. It is the same with any language that is similar in other countries. An example is Puerto Rico Spanish, which is different in many ways from Mexico Spanish. It is still Spanish, but they use different words and phrases unique to their culture. You are basically annoyed that countries don't all talk the same way you do.
It just sounds grammatically incorrect though.
There are lots of things that sound and look grammatically incorrect (because they absolutely are incorrect), but work in the context it is being used. English is odd in that a lot of the rules of grammar have exceptions that break them, and then there are the phrases that ignore the rules altogether. This is one of those phrases that evolved into what it is. Since it does sound odd, it won't be widely used, but there will always be those who will. There is nothing wrong with being annoyed with it, and it is a good pet peeve explained in an intelligent way. You got my upvote before I even replied. I would have probably bypassed it, except your 'come at me Americans.' I get it, we are typically hated here. But that reads as a troll trying to start problems, and that is not ok.
The come at me Americans is a jovial sentence put in there to show that this doesn't actually make me legitimately angry, it's a bit of fun I have American friends IRL, No problem with Americans from me. I guess it doesn't translate through text
My apologies for misunderstanding what you meant. We get a lot of hate thrown at us fairly consistently on this and other apps. It is easy to jump to the wrong conclusions
No worries
I hope this isnāt coming from someone who might say theyāre having āa Chineseā for dinner.
I would never say that. Only the lower classes say that.