Comments on: 20 Songs with Really Bad Grammar

By: leon

leon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:20:21 +0000

Thanks for your efforts to stem the tide of grammatical anarchy. I fear that words no longer have any meaning; they are simply the vehicles for conveying feeling. No matter that no two people have the same reaction; feeling is all that matters.
Thinking?? You can’t be serious! Where did that ever get us?

By: Lay Lay Lay

Lay Lay Lay — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:10:33 +0000

So, Paul, you’re saying regarding the Chasing Cars example, that the lyrics are grammatically correct if the songwriter is saying, “If I lay an egg here, would you lie with me”?

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:34:52 +0000

I think you may be wrong on the Chasing Cars example. In hypothetical sentences, you always you the past tense verb in the “if” section, and the regular form in the resultant clause. Lay is the past tense version of lie. “If I lay here, would you lie with me?” You can substitute another verb to show that it’s true. “If I were here, would you be here?” Were and be are the same word, just different tenses.

By: Avery

Avery — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:16:06 +0000

I want to blame the songwriter, but when you’re getting paid as much as some of these artists- a little prewriting/editing wouldn’t hurt.

By: llama

llama — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:17:33 +0000

10 points to WorkInProgress. -2 for Gary (“Who”). Nice job, V.

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By: WorkInProgress

WorkInProgress — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:58:56 +0000

Hey, may be snobby, but “which needs to refer back to a place” is grammatically incorrect as well. ; )

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:16:19 +0000

@James Wood: I could do a whole series on double negatives!

@Cindy: Double points for it being a Fergie song.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:45:27 +0000

One song that really irritates me is Big Girls Don’t Cry by Fergie:

“And I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket”

Personally, I really miss the pronoun/antecedent agreement that should be happening in these lyrics!

By: James Wood

James Wood — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:49 +0000

What about double negatives? There are so many examples!
“We don’t need no education” – Pink Floyd (Clearly they do – should be “We don’t need ANY education”)
“I can’t get no satisfaction” – again, should be “any”, maybe he’ll get some now.