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Thread #29116 Message #388839
Posted By: Ebbie
02-Feb-01 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Grammar in Songs
Subject: RE: Grammar in Songs
In Hazel Dickens' song, My Better Years, she sings, 'I've already gave you my better years.' It would be easy to recast it grammatically but as a regional, dialectical phrase it's perfect.