my boss is a native English speaker but manages to use words and phrases incorrectly on a regular basis. should I point it out or let him continue to look dumb?

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Well it's your boss, so I'd probably smile and nod.

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Let it go. It's all water under the fridge.

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Don't take it for granite.

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He might make you his escape goat

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My ECD does the same thing. Consistently talks like a 9 year old.

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Some really pacific examples

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Why does it matter if it doesn't affect your job

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Maybe he was raised by non-English speakers. My dad does that sometimes, it's hilarious. Adds to his character.

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Keep a secret notebook of the dumb things he says and laugh at it late at night.

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Have you considered making a coffee table book?

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Ugh I have this problem as well. For now, I just grin and bear it.

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Is he foreign? English may be his native tongue, but culturally his idioms/phrases may make more sense across the pond/down under

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I'm dying to hear some examples 😂

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examples please

Ha. Totally know who this is about.

Only native speakers have the luxury of speaking incorrectly; if immigrants do it, they get (are?) corrected or called out or relegated to the "idiot who cannot even speak English" drawer. (Former GSW)

Please give an example

lol I want to give examples but he's on here and I fear he'll recognize the situation.

I only think it matters if they’re a copywriter (which i’ve actually dealt with).

i once called out a client for the fact that they kept saying “Go forward” instead of “Going forward” and it made my team nuts. i forwarded it to her boss who was my day to day and was just like “which one of us should tell her it’s ‘going’”? i felt better after ha

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