[lit-ideas] Re: Grammar Girl link
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:58:13 -0000
Transitive/intransitive, I'd say
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> 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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