Re: "are" and "were" replaced by "is" and "was"

On 1/25/07, Reilly Schlaier <schlaier@...> wrote:
> ive noticed that in the last six months to a year that people in my area
> have been replacing are and were with is and was
> this sounds very odd to me and i was wondering if anyone else had
> experienced this?
I'm used to hearing "there is <plural noun>" instead of "there are
<plural noun>". But it does sound odd: "those people was going to
...". You live in a place with a large black community? Ebonics might
have something to do with it.