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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
grammatical?
I saw the sentence below and wondered if it is grammatical.
"This is What Happy Looks Like - Goodreads
www.goodreads.com/.../15790873-this-is-what-happ"
Q) Can "happy" come just like that? Shouldn't it be like this?
This is what happiness looks like.
Q2) Also, I heard one line from "Simpson The Moive," saying "That's what sung is."
I'm not sure if the original script is like that. But anyway that sounds okay and correct grammatically?
"This is What Happy Looks Like - Goodreads
www.goodreads.com/.../15790873-this-is-what-happ"
Q) Can "happy" come just like that? Shouldn't it be like this?
This is what happiness looks like.
Q2) Also, I heard one line from "Simpson The Moive," saying "That's what sung is."
I'm not sure if the original script is like that. But anyway that sounds okay and correct grammatically?
Top answer
The title (This is What Happy Looks Like) is slang. " I believe you could also read the expression as shorthand: "This is what (a person who is) happy looks like. The Simpson quotation, if correct, is not good grammar.
- The title (This is What Happy Looks Like) is slang.
- " I believe you could also read the expression as shorthand: "This is what (a person who is) happy looks like.
- The Simpson quotation, if correct, is not good grammar.
- It is hardly even understandable.
- Perhaps it made more sense as part of the dialogue.
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The title (This is What Happy Looks Like) is slang. Yes, it should say "This is what happiness looks like." I believe you could also read the expression as shorthand: "This is what (a person who is) happy looks like.
The Simpson quotation, if correct, is not good grammar. It is hardly even understandable. Perhaps it made more sense as part of the dialogue.
The Simpson quotation, if correct, is not good grammar. It is hardly even understandable. Perhaps it made more sense as part of the dialogue.
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moon7296"This is What Happy Looks Like - Goodreadswww.goodreads.com/.../15790873-this-is-what-happ"Along with Dr D's comment, you can also say " this is what BEING happy looks like".
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moon7296Q2) Also, I heard one line from "Simpson The Moive," saying "That's what sung is."At http://www.englishdaily626.com/movie_lines.php?317 the line is actually "So that's what snug is". "snug" / "sung" looks more like a typing error somewhere than a mishearing
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