LOBS: Ungrammatical vs. Grammatical

Today, while I was talking with a friend on text message, I could not help but stop and think about the language used. We were discussing a project that we had to complete for a class that meets once a week. I went to class once at the wrong time and told that to my friend. He then responded “oh, you go to class now”. I could notĀ help but wonder whether this was ungrammatical or a joke and a fault of my parsing. I thought for a little bit because I was talking in past tense, and he responded in present tense over an event that happened in the past. Thus, I was wondering whether this subject-verb agreement could work in a different language or dialect to represent present tense over past tense.

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