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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Grammar in "Since U Been Gone"
I know starting from the title, this song is not meant to be grammatically correct, but I have some questions for the song's lyrics:
1) "We started out friends" - Isn't it supposed to be "We started out 'as' friends"? Doesn't "We started out friends" sound awkward to native English speakers?
2) "All You'd ever hear me say is how I picture me with you" - From the context of the song, we can deduce that the boyfriend has already left. Then, shouldn't it be "All you'd ever hear me say 'was'" instead of "is"?
1) "We started out friends" - Isn't it supposed to be "We started out 'as' friends"? Doesn't "We started out friends" sound awkward to native English speakers?
2) "All You'd ever hear me say is how I picture me with you" - From the context of the song, we can deduce that the boyfriend has already left. Then, shouldn't it be "All you'd ever hear me say 'was'" instead of "is"?
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Anonymous 1) "We started out friends" - Isn't it supposed to be "We started out 'as' friends"? Doesn't "We started out friends" sound awkward to native English speakers? That is fine and natural, not awkward.
- Anonymous 1) "We started out friends" - Isn't it supposed to be "We started out 'as' friends"?
- Doesn't "We started out friends" sound awkward to native English speakers?
- That is fine and natural, not awkward.
- We started out friends.
- We became friends, We parted friends.
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Anonymous1) "We started out friends" - Isn't it supposed to be "We started out 'as' friends"? Doesn't "We started out friends" sound awkward to native English speakers?That is fine and natural, not awkward. We started out friends. We became friends, We parted friends.
Anonymous2) "All You'd ever hear me say is how I picture me
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