sarahT said:I think Dazzak is just being sarcastic. At least I hope he is.
Math Tinder said:well, most of the listed songs actually do contain reflexive pronouns... so that would suggest some dry humor indeed...
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Most? How dare you.Math Tinder said:well, most of the listed songs actually do contain reflexive pronouns... so that would suggest some dry humor indeed...
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sarahT said:I presumed Dazzak was totally taking the mickey out of all the recent polls asking things like:
'' What is your favourate Morrissey song containing a positive pronoun?''
or
''Which Morrissey song using a spilt infinitive made you burst into tears the most when you listened to it on a Thursday?''
I am deadly serious. Most people focus on Morrissey's use of adjectives, nouns or verbs. What people don't realise is that without the reflexive pronouns, the songs would be nothing.sarahT said:I refuse to believe I'm the only one who thought it was a spoof poll. It's such an odd question.
The Ganglord one is debatable because "yourself" isn't preceded by it's antecedent, but I still think it constitutes a reflexive pronoun as the rules are unclear. Same goes for Everyday Is Like Sunday. I think they're still reflexive as the antecedent in both cases is the same as the reflexive pronoun (ie for Ganglord it means "You get yourself back to the ghetto" and Everyday "You win yourself a cheap tray"), but just happens to be left out for musical purposes.Math Tinder said:I'm sorry, dazzak, clearly you had it well planned out. But, I thought that for a word to qualify as a reflexive pronoun, it had to be preceded by the pro/noun to which it refers, within the same clause.
So, my bad about Unhappy Birthday (I actually thought the line was 'I'm gonna kill my dog' both times), but I don't think the examples from Ganglord and Everyday Is Like Sunday are actually reflexive pronouns?
Shit, I'm truly sorry if I'm just looking super anal here... the unusual nature of the poll just seems to invite it... but I don't mean any of this in a nasty way at all. Maybe I'd better bow out of this one.
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dazzak said:I am deadly serious. Most people focus on Morrissey's use of adjectives, nouns or verbs. What people don't realise is that without the reflexive pronouns, the songs would be nothing.