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In The Beatles' famous song "Ticket To Ride", I found a strange sentence - "She's got a ticket to ride but she don't care".
In this sentence why does it say "don't"? I think it should be "doesn't" instead.
In The Beatles' famous song "Ticket To Ride", I found a strange sentence - "She's got a ticket to ride but she don't care".
In this sentence why does it say "don't"? I think it should be "doesn't" instead.
In this sentence why does it say "don't"? I think it should be "doesn't" instead.
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4 Jun 2016
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English songs are often ungrammatical to help with the meter or rhymes.
Is it the same in Japan?
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Grammatically it should be "doesn't" but The Beatles just don't care. : )
It is an informal way of speaking.
"I ain't got no fags or nuffink."
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English songs are often ungrammatical to help with the meter or rhymes.
Is it the same in Japan?
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@Igirisujin: Oh yes changing the words to ungrammatical for song rhymes is done also in Japan, but not so often.
I learned English is more flexible to change.
I learned English is more flexible to change.
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@shumaimaster7 Thanks. I listen to a lot of Japanese songs. So if I can't understand it's probably my Japanese, right? : )
I just asked a question about this one.
If you have more questions about lyrics please ask, it's fun.
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