"don't matter" or "doesn't matter" ?

george   Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:49 pm GMT
I hear so many people speak like "don't matter" . I am trying to learn english well.

how do you say it ?
SpaceFlight   Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:02 pm GMT
Both ''don't matter'' and ''doesn't matter'' are used, but they are used in different contexts.

Those things don't matter.

It doesn't matter.
abc   Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:59 pm GMT
I heard "don't matter" used after "it" a lot
"it don't matter" or I think it was "It do** matter"
sorry I'm not sure about the pronouciation
Pravi   Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:09 pm GMT
abc,

'It don't matter' is wrong.
SpaceFlight has given a typical example of the usage of don't and doesn't.
Normally, it is followed by 'does not' which is used as doesn't.
Erin   Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:22 am GMT
hey, abc, that's bad English saying "don't matter" after "it". SpaceFlight is right here.
JJM   Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:03 pm GMT
The third person singular is the only remaining inflection for person in English regular verbs.

Having said that, considerable numbers of speakers have even ditched this inflection. By the dictates of so-called "Standard English" they're "wrong" of course.

Still, it's interesting to ponder why the third person singular "s" ending survived but no other forms did.*

* Yes, there's the second person singular "st" ending with "thou" but strictly speaking, this has been entirely relegated to liturgical use, Quakers and a few other hold-outs.