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Lizmea Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

In the Kelly Clarkson's new song: "chancing"?

Hi guys!

I was listening to Kelly Clarkson's new song "All I Ever Wanted" and reading the lyrics along online..and a part of lyrics goes like this:

This second-chancin's really getting me down
You give and takin' everything I dreamed about
But I am not very sure what the "second chancing" means here.

Is this a typo that a transcripter made? (for the word "second chance"?) or
does it make sense to native speakers in some way? or
is it just a twist that normally happens in a song lyrics?

Somebody help me please with this!

lizmea
  

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I like Kelly Clarkson as a singer, but not every one of her songs. First of all, lyrics may be written with or without the grammar rules. I don’t recommend it as a learning tool.

  • I like Kelly Clarkson as a singer, but not every one of her songs.
  • First of all, lyrics may be written with or without the grammar rules.
  • I don’t recommend it as a learning tool.
  • I know John has a gambling problem and he asked Paul to loan him $200 dollars for he owed his roommate the rent.
  • Paul loaned him the money.
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I like Kelly Clarkson as a singer, but not every one of her songs.

First of all, lyrics may be written with or without the grammar rules. I don’t recommend it as a learning tool.


I know John has a gambling problem and he asked Paul to loan him $200 dollars for he owed his roommate the rent. Paul loaned him the money. I can say “Paul is chancing with his money”

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Thanks a lot, Goodman!

I am aware that song lyrics are not a great tool for language learning, but I just couldn't help wondering what the phrase means while listeinng to that song! hahaha

So, you're saying "second-chancing" does read naturally to you, right?

But I got more confused by your example..I'm sorry.
Does that sentence "Paul is chancing with his money" mean

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