But I wonder how much my enjoyment of the song will be negatively affected now that I realized that the chorus is grammatically incorrect. It should be "But it all came down to you and me."
The simple trick to see that it's wrong is to the remove the "You and" from the preposition... No one would say "It came down to I".
Oh well. It's one in a long line of good songs with bad grammar, including more than a few that make this same mistake... but I'm not sure there's ever been a song where it's repeated so many times.
I noticed the grammatical error too, but put it down to poetic license. I vividly remember my eighth-grade English teacher accepting the grammatical quagmire of "Let It (TO BE) Me". She was a real teacher! And I don't even remember her name...
I noticed the grammatical error too, but put it down to poetic license. I vividly remember my eighth-grade English teacher accepting the grammatical quagmire of "Let It (TO BE) Me". She was a real teacher! And I don't even remember her name...
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional.
The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional.
The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional.
The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional.
The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
@SpasticMinnow Haha, that was my first thought, too. If it's any consolation, you can easily make it grammatically correct by adding quotes, like so: It all came down to "you and I". To me, this makes the whole chorus much more poetic and my understanding of it would be that it all comes down to the stories that start with "You and I"; i.e. all that we did together.
@SpasticMinnow Haha, that was my first thought, too. If it's any consolation, you can easily make it grammatically correct by adding quotes, like so: It all came down to "you and I". To me, this makes the whole chorus much more poetic and my understanding of it would be that it all comes down to the stories that start with "You and I"; i.e. all that we did together.
What a lovely song.
But I wonder how much my enjoyment of the song will be negatively affected now that I realized that the chorus is grammatically incorrect. It should be "But it all came down to you and me."
The simple trick to see that it's wrong is to the remove the "You and" from the preposition... No one would say "It came down to I".
Oh well. It's one in a long line of good songs with bad grammar, including more than a few that make this same mistake... but I'm not sure there's ever been a song where it's repeated so many times.
I noticed the grammatical error too, but put it down to poetic license. I vividly remember my eighth-grade English teacher accepting the grammatical quagmire of "Let It (TO BE) Me". She was a real teacher! And I don't even remember her name...
I noticed the grammatical error too, but put it down to poetic license. I vividly remember my eighth-grade English teacher accepting the grammatical quagmire of "Let It (TO BE) Me". She was a real teacher! And I don't even remember her name...
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional. The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional. The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional. The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
Yes, the more I've listened to it the more I'm convinced it's quite intentional. The song is largely a collection of contradictory things and strange pairings that make as much sense as a grammatically incorrect pairing.
@SpasticMinnow Haha, that was my first thought, too. If it's any consolation, you can easily make it grammatically correct by adding quotes, like so: It all came down to "you and I". To me, this makes the whole chorus much more poetic and my understanding of it would be that it all comes down to the stories that start with "You and I"; i.e. all that we did together.
@SpasticMinnow Haha, that was my first thought, too. If it's any consolation, you can easily make it grammatically correct by adding quotes, like so: It all came down to "you and I". To me, this makes the whole chorus much more poetic and my understanding of it would be that it all comes down to the stories that start with "You and I"; i.e. all that we did together.