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  1. I know it's not exactly the best palce for asking this but whatever.
    Do you usually (casually) make up senteces without a subject??
    Ex.: "Seems like i can't catch her", "Looks like he is gone"
    Is it wrong according to the grammar of the language?
    Thanks in advance.
  2. Originally posted by thechickenI know it's not exactly the best palce for asking this but whatever.
    Do you usually (casually) make up senteces without a subject??
    Ex.: "Seems like i can't catch her", "Looks like he is gone"
    Is it wrong according to the grammar of the language?
    Thanks in advance.


    What is the question? I don't really understand it.
  3. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    What is the question? I don't really understand it.


    It is wrong to make sentences like "(it)Looks like he can do it", omiting the "it"?
  4. Originally posted by thechicken[..]

    It is wrong to make sentences like "(it)Looks like he can do it", omiting the "it"?


    In proper English grammar yes, but the way most americans (Including Me ) talk, no not really.
  5. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    In proper English grammar yes, but the way most americans (Including Me ) talk, no not really.


    cool...so I can put it on my lyrics...looks like i was right! haha
    Thanks!
  6. Originally posted by thechicken[..]

    cool...so I can put it on my lyrics...looks like i was right! haha
    Thanks!


    Sure! Feel free to ask me any other questions you have!
  7. people often use slang... here in australia we are probably the worst.... we also ask questions that you can't really answer like "how heavy's this rain?" lol... and stuff like that...
  8. Originally posted by colbourne25people often use slang... here in australia we are probably the worst.... we also ask questions that you can't really answer like "how heavy's this rain?" lol... and stuff like that...


    haha! Me and my friends do that a lot too. But are questions are way more stupid than that!
  9. Originally posted by colbourne25people often use slang... here in australia we are probably the worst.... we also ask questions that you can't really answer like "how heavy's this rain?" lol... and stuff like that...


    That's right. A lot of Australian slang.
  10. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    That's right. A lot of Australian slang.


    What's some of the funnier slang?
  11. Originally posted by thechickenI know it's not exactly the best palce for asking this but whatever.
    Do you usually (casually) make up senteces without a subject??
    Ex.: "Seems like i can't catch her", "Looks like he is gone"
    Is it wrong according to the grammar of the language?
    Thanks in advance.


    hi thechicken,

    first, when writing lyrics it is unnecessary to follow the strict rules of grammar 100%. it's more important to communicate in a way that makes sense to you and to your listeners.

    second, when people communicate verbally we often follow rules that are NOT as strict as the "formal" written rules. lyrics in popular music genres tend to obey these verbal rules much more so than the formal written rules.

    third, about your examples:
    "seems like I can't catch her." and "looks like he is gone."

    although a writing teacher would consider them incorrect, both phrases make sense and are very clear and are perfectly appropriate for lyrics

    also, when used in this particular context, the verbs "seem" and "look" are used passively, not actively. when a sentence is constructed PASSIVELY instead of ACTIVELY, the subject-verb relationship tends to become incredibly complex, which is why teachers go nuts over it.

    For example, take the verb "smell."

    -I can use this verb ACTIVELY: "I smell the pizza." (Subject = I, Verb = smell)
    I am doing the smelling, and the pizza is the receiving object of the action.

    -I can use this verb PASSIVELY as a linking verb: "The pizza smells good."
    The pizza is not the one doing the smelling! The verb "smell" is not describing an action; it is merely linking the noun "pizza" with an adjective that describes it, "good."
  12. You sound like my English teacher..