| re: Higgins' grammatical "mistakes" |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:09 am EDT 04/11/21 |
| In reply to: re: Higgins' grammatical "mistakes" - StanS 05:33 pm EDT 04/10/21 |
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***My basic point which you either miss or don't agree with is that poetic license allows even a noted professor of speech to make grammatical mistakes IN A LYRIC (not dialogue) as long as the line makes the effect it's supposed to make. Grammar just doesn't matter.***
Yes, I do disagree strongly with that point, and I can't imagine why you would feel that grammatical errors would be acceptable in a lyric due to "poetic license," but not in dialogue. I can't wrap my head around that distinction -- and I have never known anyone but you try to make it.
***Sorry, but your version of the line is not as good as Lerner's. "I'd be equally as willing" just sounds better than "I would equally be willing" and "than" makes a better effect than "as". I don't give a rat's ass that yours is more grammatically correct. My guess is that Lerner probably thought of your version and other more correct versions, but just knew his was better.****
I'm pretty sure Lerner's version "sounds better" to you than mine because you've gotten used to it over a period of (I'm guessing) several decades. At any rate, when you start to make statements like "'than' makes a better effect than 'as,'" I know there's no point in continuing this discussion.
As to your "rat's ass"phrasing, I'll restrain myself and simply quote Auntie Mame: "How vivid......" |
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