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0 pointsjakear2y ago0 comments

Somehow the context of the song hasn't been shared on the thread yet:

    Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane
    Never to return again
    ...
    This love has taken its toll on me
    She said goodbye too many times before
    And her heart is breaking in front of me
    And I have no choice 'cause I won't say goodbye anymore

Clearly "before" is needed to rhyme with "anymore". Also it is referencing the times she said "goodbye" before she said it this last time when she got on the plane.

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eszed2y ago

Thanks for the context, as I'm not familiar with that song.

Isn't the grammatically correct rendering of that line "she _has_ said goodbye too many times before"? (Present Perfect, right?)

Now I'm curious to hear the recording: is there a sibilant, "she's"?

Edit: Several others made the same point below. I'll leave this here, but they were first. /e

jakearOP2y ago

There's no audible difference between signing "she's said" and "she said", the s's blend together. Any possible difference would be entirely obscured by stylistic choices.

Even vocalizing normally the difference is hard to tell. Try saying "She said I love you" vs "She's said I love you" – unless you make a point to completely stop in between words there's basically zero distinction.

eszed2y ago

You're right, and I thought of that about an hour after I'd posted that comment. D'oh!

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0 pointsjakear2y ago0 comments

Somehow the context of the song hasn't been shared on the thread yet:

    Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane
    Never to return again
    ...
    This love has taken its toll on me
    She said goodbye too many times before
    And her heart is breaking in front of me
    And I have no choice 'cause I won't say goodbye anymore

Clearly "before" is needed to rhyme with "anymore". Also it is referencing the times she said "goodbye" before she said it this last time when she got on the plane.

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eszed2y ago

Thanks for the context, as I'm not familiar with that song.

Isn't the grammatically correct rendering of that line "she _has_ said goodbye too many times before"? (Present Perfect, right?)

Now I'm curious to hear the recording: is there a sibilant, "she's"?

Edit: Several others made the same point below. I'll leave this here, but they were first. /e

jakearOP2y ago

There's no audible difference between signing "she's said" and "she said", the s's blend together. Any possible difference would be entirely obscured by stylistic choices.

eszed2y ago

You're right, and I thought of that about an hour after I'd posted that comment. D'oh!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse