But if you don’t get the amount of candy you want in the end (and even with a slow pace my kids have always had more candy than they could ever finish), just buy some more. Who cares about the excess of candy?

If your lonely, go to a bar. I’m trying to run these street with my kids and make some real candy profit.

If you just want a bunch of candy, go to Walmart.

I don’t know if you realize how condescending it sounds to hear you say you “don’t want to ruin whatever enjoyment she gets out of it” by telling her… what? That you arbitrarily look down on the use of this absolutely grammatical construction?

The thing that bothers me most about stuff like this is that it is effectively some kind of “gotcha” that makes people feel foolish, like their natural, completely grammatical speech has errors, or something they should feel bad about.

The worst kind of grammar pedant: the one who is passionate about a “rule” that is actually only a style recommendation.