Real Lyrics -> Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics -> Tragically Hip
Song lyrics aren't supposed to be a fountain of perfect english, but on the other hand some are just so atrocious, they need to get called out. We're not looking for sentance fragments or the word ain't since there are too many instances to count.
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Tragically Hip's, "Three Pistols"
The Lyrics:
Three pistols came and three people went, on their way
Why:
It should be "Three pistols came and three persons went, on their way". The plural of "person" is "persons" when there is a preceding number.
Submitted by: H.R.C
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