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Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics, Jamie O'Neal
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Jamie O'Neal's, "God Don't Make Mistakes"
The Lyrics:
Keep believin' .
God don't make mistakes.
God don't make mistakes.
Why:
If that's so, then God must have some perfect reason why it is better than otherwise to not have Jamie using correct grammar. The correct grammar would be "God DOESN'T make mistakes".
Submitted by: Tiffany Furlong
Jamie O'Neal's, "There Is No Arizona"
The Lyrics:
If there was a Grand Canyon,
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her.
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her.
Why:
The lyrics are treating the existence of the Grand Canyon as "conditions contrary to fact", and that calls for the subjunctive mood, so it should be "If there WERE a Grand Canyon". Of course, there really IS an Arizona and a Grand Canyon. But in the lyrics taken at face value, the subjunctive form "were" is called for.
Submitted by: Jane Farnsworth
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