http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/lyricist-grammar/ A blog about spelling, punctuation and grammar Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/lyricist-grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Tom Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:18:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=12#comment-13 Sorry. I skim read it, mainly because it was written by a woman. Sorry. I skim read it, mainly because it was written by a woman.

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/lyricist-grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Gez Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:57:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=12#comment-12 That was the conclusion of the article - if you bothered to read it! That was the conclusion of the article - if you bothered to read it!

]]> http://www.grammarblog.co.uk/2007/06/lyricist-grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Tom Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:23:00 +0000 http://65.38.103.143/~grammarb/blog/?p=12#comment-10 I'm not sure lyrics should necessarily be subject to such unilateral condemnation. A good example is Bruce 'The Boss' Springsteen, who writes almost exclusively in character and hence often uses imperfect grammar to articulate the vernacular of the working class, blue-collar people in his songs. I’m not sure lyrics should necessarily be subject to such unilateral condemnation. A good example is Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen, who writes almost exclusively in character and hence often uses imperfect grammar to articulate the vernacular of the working class, blue-collar people in his songs.

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