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Song lyrics aren't supposed to be a fountain of perfect english, but on the other hand some are just so atrocious, they need to get called out. We're not looking for sentance fragments or the word ain't since there are too many instances to count.
Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics, Barry Manilow
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Barry Manilow's, "Let's Hang On"
The Lyrics:
There ain't no good in our goodbye-ing.
Why:
Grammatical error #1: Use of the word 'ain't'
Grammatical error #2: Double negative
Grammatical error #3: Use of the word 'goodbye' as a verb
Correction: There is no good in our saying goodbye
Problem: The corrected lyrics don't fit
Grammatical error #2: Double negative
Grammatical error #3: Use of the word 'goodbye' as a verb
Correction: There is no good in our saying goodbye
Problem: The corrected lyrics don't fit
Submitted by: Isac
Barry Manilow's, "Somewhere In The Night"
The Lyrics:
Layin' beside you, lost in the feeling
Why:
"Lay" is a transitive verb which requires an object; the correct verb here should be "lyin'". (The original 1975 version by Helen Reddy also made this same mistake.)
Submitted by: RJSchex
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