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The sentence "You comin' " looks like wrong grammar. Could you explain about it?

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Rebecca

You are correct, the correct utterance would be "(are) you comin'?" However, in casual conversation it is common to drop words like "do," "are," and "have" when asking questions. In this video, the speaker has dropped the "are" for this reason, and it is quite normal to do so. Ex: (Have) you ever seen a dog this cute? Ex: (Do) you wanna go for a walk? Additionally, many people do not make or enunciate clearly the "g" sound at the end of a '-ing' word. In this case, the speaker drops the "g" sound at the end of "coming." G-dropping has the effect of making a conversation sound more casual, and most English-speakers do this in some way. Enunciating the "g" sound at the end of a word is considered standard English pronunciation, which also has the effect of making a sentence seem more formal. Ex: Are you goin' to school? Ex: I'm cookin' some breakfast.

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