| re: Grammar in "Left in the Dark" | |
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Unno 06:04 am UTC 01/29/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Grammar in "Left in the Dark" - SeeingI 03:39 am UTC 01/29/07 |
| Hmm...if you were an English major, were you not taught that common usage dictates linguistic evolution, and therefore whatever sounds correct is correct? Unno > However, as a reformed English major, stuff like that > always sticks out. Kind of like now that I'm a graphic > designer, it bothers me to see anachronistic fonts used in > films set in the past! > > The most frustrating example for me was always "If You > Were A Woman And I Was A Man." That one always drove me up > the wall because it starts correctly but ends incorrectly! > But I must say it does sound better. Somehow, "If You Were > A Woman And I Were A Man" just sounds wrong. | |
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