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"The villain I appear to be" lyrics
The song starts like this :
"Sometimes when I
Wanna run away and hide
When there's no one on my side
And all my pride HAD disappeared"
I don't understand why we are saying "all my pride HAD disappeared" and not "all my pride HAS disappeared".
I searched how to use those two tenses, but I still don't understand :/
"The villain I appear to be" lyrics
The song starts like this :
"Sometimes when I
Wanna run away and hide
When there's no one on my side
And all my pride HAD disappeared"
I don't understand why we are saying "all my pride HAD disappeared" and not "all my pride HAS disappeared".
I searched how to use those two tenses, but I still don't understand :/
The song starts like this :
"Sometimes when I
Wanna run away and hide
When there's no one on my side
And all my pride HAD disappeared"
I don't understand why we are saying "all my pride HAD disappeared" and not "all my pride HAS disappeared".
I searched how to use those two tenses, but I still don't understand :/
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6 ago 2021
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- Inglês (Reino Unido)
Aha!
In French, the difference between ‘has disappeared’ and ‘had disappeared’ is ‘il a disparu’ and ‘il avait disparu’.
In a song, they can use what we call poetic licence. I think in French you have the same thing: licence poétique, so they can write what they like. You still understand the meaning.
Oooh, nice song. I’ve just found it. Merci.
I would say, as somebody who loves learning languages and loves music, that listening to music really helps me learn how the language is used and when I start to recognise words in songs, it makes me happy. But do not try to learn the correct grammar of a language from song lyrics or poetry. Just enjoy the singing and that you understand enough to know the grammar is not correct. Bravo! 😉
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- Inglês (Reino Unido)
Aha!
In French, the difference between ‘has disappeared’ and ‘had disappeared’ is ‘il a disparu’ and ‘il avait disparu’.
In a song, they can use what we call poetic licence. I think in French you have the same thing: licence poétique, so they can write what they like. You still understand the meaning.
Oooh, nice song. I’ve just found it. Merci.
I would say, as somebody who loves learning languages and loves music, that listening to music really helps me learn how the language is used and when I start to recognise words in songs, it makes me happy. But do not try to learn the correct grammar of a language from song lyrics or poetry. Just enjoy the singing and that you understand enough to know the grammar is not correct. Bravo! 😉
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Thank you ! I didn't know the concept of poetic licence until now.
Just to be sure: gramatically, it's incorrect to say "had disappeared" in this context, but because of poetic licence, we don't mind it ?
I love music and new languages too ! I have been listening to this song for 2 years now, and it always bugged me. So I really had to ask !
Just to be sure: gramatically, it's incorrect to say "had disappeared" in this context, but because of poetic licence, we don't mind it ?
I love music and new languages too ! I have been listening to this song for 2 years now, and it always bugged me. So I really had to ask !
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