[lit-ideas] Re: Grammar Girl link
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:23:58 EST
I think we're back to transitives and intransitives....which sort of leads
to reflexive verbs and of course we could talk about subjunctives (which are
horribly unclear in the English language). Or not.
Julie Krueger
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> Going by memory...but isn't the line something like "Lay, Lady,
> Lay...Lay yourself upon the big.brass bed"
> Grammatically correct, I think...
Here are the lyrics:
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
>
> He's not telling the lady to lie down. He's telling her to
lay herself
> down...
> U.
>
>
> Andreas Ramos wrote:
>
> > One could also remember Lay, lady, lay, lay
> >
> > and one could also remember that it's ungrammatical. it
should be
> > "lie, lady, lie"
>
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