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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Grammar of one line

Currently checking up some of the lyrics in my songs and I have a line that says "Mourning the humanity", my baseplayer states that this is wrong grammar and should be "Mourning humanity". What is right? Both?
  

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Song writers (and poets) do not usually worry about all the so-called rules of grammar. Ask your bass-player if he also wants you to write in complete sentences, use only correct punctuation, etc Clive

— Clive

  • Song writers (and poets) do not usually worry about all the so-called rules of grammar.
  • Ask your bass-player if he also wants you to write in complete sentences, use only correct punctuation, etc Clive
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Song writers (and poets) do not usually worry about all the so-called rules of grammar.
Ask your bass-player if he also wants you to write in complete sentences, use only correct punctuation, etc

Clive
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Maybe was unclear, that exact line will be the name of the album on the cover so it's important that it is correct..

I have searched a bit and see that it may be a matter of context?
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You don't need the word the.
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Which meaning of 'humanity' are you referring to?
eg human kindness?
eg all people?

Look here.http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definitio
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Human kindness! I was hoping that I could use "the" as I find that it sounds better but if it is wrong I have to change it..
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Mourning humanity suggests you are mourning humanity in general.
Mourning the humanity suggests you are mourning some specific humanity, eg the humanity of the woman who betrayed you.

Clive
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