7 Times Kelly Clarkson Taught Us Grammar (Through Her Heartbeat Song)
By Myth Reid - April 04, 2015
We may never have anticipated it, but yes, Kelly Clarkson has, at one point, became our grammar teacher. Best part is it isn't through the regular way that usually makes us unwittingly give in to habituation. In short, not in a way that get us bored. In her single called "Heartbeat Song", Kelly taught us how to be better at posting status on Facebook or at captioning on Instagram. Better yet, to be a globally competitive human being. Here's how:
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Because a singular subject - or a singular pronoun, for that matter - should be followed by a singular verb. And plural subjects are for plural verbs. In case she has written a couple of heartbreak songs, she would've said: These are my heartbeat songs. Got it? Great! What a smart woman Kelly is. And WE. ARE. SO. LOGICAL.
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Because when you use DID, or DOES, or DO, you do not use the past tense of the verb that comes right after it. Nor the past participle. If you went to a coffee shop and is about to post a photo of the beverage you have tried for the first time, it'll be wrong to caption it this way:
"I am glad I did chose this. What a delightful drink."
In case you're confused, try just capturing a photo of yourself while sipping your drink, or the best shot of the drink itself and let the photo speak for itself. Let's take #NoCaption mainstream as we did with #NoFilter.
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For this one, I think it's more of a negligence than ignorance. We all know You're is the contraction of you and are while Your is the possessive pronoun. Still, so many of us commit not only a grammatical error but also a social disrespect to our friends who listened intently during their grammar classes and have eventually developed a habit of simply knowing the difference.Please be kind!
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Because when you use 'to', the verb that will come after it can only be in present tense or in progressive form. But if you don't feel awkward putting a verb in past tense after to, you go girl! At least, you get the chance to make it to 9gag for being cute or amusing. #AlmostFamous #WrongGrammarDontCare
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Because when you use 'can', the verb that will come after it can only be in present tense. Never in the past or progressive tense. Unless you're stuck being a neanderthal and language is still on its way to evolution like your brain, we'll try to be okay with it. However, there are some other people on social media who have made a profession out of being a grammar police and they are easily irked by such mistakes. We're just worried you might end up in their unfriended list. Remember we have warned you.
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See that? Kelly likes to rub it in. When you use "have" in your sentence, the verb that follows it should only be in its past participle form. You don't say haven't feel, haven't screaming, or haven't ate. I understand there's a lot of confusion in simple, progressive and perfect tenses but at least, you already have this little knowledge to take with you in case you decide to study sentence construction full-on. Yes, go ahead and take it with you! You'd be glad you have known Kelly and I.
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And this! My favorite! Up to this point, I am still mystified at how some people are so confident when they say "I will gonna do this," "She will gonna eat it," "We will gonna make it." Because seriously, this is a kind of complication that can be avoided by simply... being simple. Going to has the same meaning with will. They are both indicative of a future action or a possibility.So, if you say "I will gonna finish college in 4 years," our brain translates this as: you are finishing college in 8 years. Why? Figure out, Einstein!
Also, when you use GOING TO instead of WILL, use AM, IS or ARE before it - depending on your subject. Now, if you want us to see that you're not bent in being a world-class idiot, be simple. If you wanna get way with flying colors in an essay writing, you ARE GOING TO need to remember this. Otherwise, you WILL BE scorned for proving that stupidity is infinite.
