Timeline for What's the meaning "Improve each shady hour "?
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| Jun 10, 2016 at 16:36 | comment | added | TimR | books.google.com/ngrams/… | |
| Jun 10, 2016 at 16:34 | comment | added | TimR | @Jay, tell that to the hundreds of millions of English speakers who say "It's me". | |
| Jun 10, 2016 at 13:24 | comment | added | Jay | Poetry often does not follow strict grammar rules. Word order is often non-standard to get a rhyme or a certain rhythm. Etc. As has been said on this site before, don't use poems or song lyrics as a source for learning English. | |
| Jun 10, 2016 at 13:21 | comment | added | Jay | @TRomano "Who's there?" "It is I." | |
| Jun 10, 2016 at 11:13 | comment | added | TimR | Knock knock! -- Who's there? It's me. | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 21:39 | comment | added | Yuuichi Tam | @ keitereth24 Does objective case always place after adjective like beautiful me? That is to say, I can't say the busy he instead of the busy him? | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 21:34 | comment | added | keitereth24 | @YuuichiTam Yes. With poetry, one line immediately follows the next in terms of grammar. So the statement is "How does the little busy me improve each shady hour..." instead of having one statement "Improve each shady hour!". | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 21:07 | comment | added | Yuuichi Tam | Thank you for your helpful answer. Is "the little busy me" the subject? | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 20:42 | history | answered | Jay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |