Timeline for Passive voice on a song´s lyrics
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| May 24, 2019 at 5:17 | history | edited | David Siegel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 24, 2019 at 5:15 | comment | added | David Siegel | @ Jason Bassford No there is no violation here.and I didn't intend to imply that there was one. Merely that questions about the grammer of song lyrics are a bit dubious, because one cannot safely assume that they are correct, or good examples. I have edited my answer to try to make this clear. | |
| May 24, 2019 at 2:53 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | @DavidSiegel You discussed the sentence, passive constructions, and then said that "songwriters will freely violate grammatical rules." What I'm saying is that even if it is passive, that is not a violation of grammar rules. | |
| May 23, 2019 at 23:49 | comment | added | David Siegel | @Audryplier Hmm on a second look, this might be a passive construction, with the active form being "the surprise bound us". If so, it only goes to demonstrate that in some cases passive constructions are superior. | |
| May 23, 2019 at 23:42 | comment | added | Audryplier | But wouldnt it be "We were bound by the surprise"? And if Im not wrong (at least following the example I looked) it would be passive like | |
| May 23, 2019 at 23:29 | comment | added | David Siegel | @Jason Bassford neither the questioner nor I said that there was anything wrong with using the passive voice. One might want to identify when it is being used without wanting to avoid it as an error. A recent answer of mine (ell.stackexchange.com/questions/211818) gives my views on the use of the passive voice rather fully. | |
| May 23, 2019 at 23:25 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | Plus there's nothing wrong with the passive voice in the first place. Even if this were such an example, it wouldn't be violating anything. | |
| May 23, 2019 at 23:13 | history | answered | David Siegel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |