Him and I…..What!!!

There is a popular song today called Him and I. It’s by G-Eazy and Halsey. Every time it comes on the radio, when I am in the car with Emma, my head nearly explodes! Emma waits for it……”it’s He and I, He and I!!”.  Arghhh!! I know it is just a song, but that glaringly bad grammar really bothers me. But the artist spells Eazy with a Z, so why should I be surprised.

In another song, I can’t remember the artist or song, the chorus goes “If I lay here, if I just lay here, will you lie with me, and just forget the world”. They got that one half right!

So I am trying to figure out why these bother me so much. I get it, they are just songs. I know about poetic license and all that. I also know that there are bigger problems in the world than bad grammar. And I am sure, even the Beatles used bad grammar occasionally in their songs. “Got to Get You Into My Life” comes to mind. I also know my grammar and word usage is less than perfect. There are probably mistakes in this blog post.

I think it is this. I think it is just an example of the degradation of standards and the dumbing down of America. Words are important! How we communicate with each other is important! Before this turns into a political rant, which I  promised wouldn’t happen, I’ll end with a classic example of punctuation being important, as well as grammar.

Let’s eat Grandpa! vs Let’s eat, Grandpa.  See, commas save lives!